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TELELETTER

FROM:

SIR EDWARD YOUDE GCMG MBE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY CT 1984

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DATED:

19 OCTOBER 1984

FOLLOWING FOR:

SIR PERCY CRADOCK GCMG F CO

COPIED TO:

SIR RICHARD EVANS KCMG PEKING..

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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING

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1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 3 ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING. I AGREE THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WILL BE FULFILLED SIMPLY BY HER BEING IN PEKING TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT. IN HER TALKS WITH CHINESE LEADERS SHE WILL WANT TO EXPRESS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE AGREEMENT WORK. SHE COULD ALSO COMMEND THE CHINESE POLICIES ON MODERNISATION AND OPENE ING THE DOORS TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD IN ORDER TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL POINT THAT THE SUCCESS OF THESE POLICIES IN CHINA ITSELF WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENT GIVING CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG.