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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING

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1. THANK YOU FOR COPYING TO ME YOUR LETTER OF 3 OCTOBER TO TEDDY YOUDE (WHICH REACHED ME ON 17 OCTOBER).

2. AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE MAIN POINT OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING. POINTS SHE COULD BRING OUT IN SPEAK-1-NG TO THE CHINESE ARE THAT WE SHALL COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE CHINESE N IMPLEMENTING THE AGREEMENT (VIDE THE LAST SENTENCE OF HER MESSAGE OF OCTOBER 1983 TO PREMIER ZHAO) AND THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHINESE PROVIDING FULL COOPERATION WITH REGARD TO OUR ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG BETWEEN NOW AND 1997 (PARAGRAPH 4 OF JOINT DECLARATION).

3. SHALL BE WRITING OR TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY ABOUT HER OBJECTIVES IN RELATION TO SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS AND TO INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS.

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