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Concluding, the Prime Minister said that she hoped to carry forward the discussions in a constructive way. She was conscious that she
was going to Hong Kong immediately after China. She wanted to be able to say something which would retain confidence there. For the time being she suggested that they could not carry their discussions any further, but that they should be resumed with Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping tomorrow. Premier Zhao Ziyang agreed, saying that he would not be present at the talks with Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping, but that Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping would be fully informed of what had passed today.
The Prime Minister and Premier Zhao Ziyang agreed that the statement made to the Press today should be: "The two sides began discussions on Hong Kong today in a friendly atmosphere. (
The talks were useful.
Guangdong Nuclear Project
They will be continued tomorrow."
Turning to other bilateral issues, the Prime Minister
said that the British Government were deeply interested in the Guangdong Nuclear Project. They were ready to work with any nuclear partner of China's choice. She was glad to have been informed that a visit to the United Kingdom by the Guangdong Power Company and the China Light and Power Company had indicated that
GEC would be competent to make turbine island.
Premier Zhao Ziyang said that there had been contacts between the Guangdong Power Company and interests in Hong Kong about the nuclear project, and there had also been contact with the British
and French. If the prices and agreed terms were favourable, they were planning to use French-made reactor equipment and British generating equipment, although the arrangements had not yet been
completed. The Prime Minister asked whether this was a decision: she understood that the Guangdong Power Company had been also considering the Americans as the partner in the project.
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