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FM FCO 131200Z DECEMBER 84

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1548 OF 13 DEC

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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MIPT: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING: SPEECHES

1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SPEECH BY PRIME MINISTER AT THE

BANQUET:

BEGINS

(1) YOUR EXCELLENCY, PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG, YOUR EXCELLENCIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND GREAT PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE VISITING CHINA FOR THE THIRD TIME IN SEVEN YEARS. EACH VISIT HAS BEEN ALL TOO SHORT. BUT EACH VISIT HERE ALSO MADE A DEEP IMPRESSION ON ME. THIS VISIT HAS A SPECIAL IMPORTANCE

BECAUSE IT MARKS AN HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT.

(2) THAT ACHIEVEMENT WAS OUR SIGNATURE THIS MORNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG KONG. IN MY SPEECH AT THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY I DESCRIBED THE SIGNIFICANCE WHICH WE ATTACH TO THE JOINT DECLARATION: OUR DETERMINATION TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF IT: AND THE FIRM BASIS WHICH IT LAYS DOWN FOR THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG'S UNIQUE SOCIETY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY. EXPRESSED MY CONVICTION THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WOULD RISE

TO THE CHALLENGE THAT LIES AHEAD OF THEM.

(3) THE WORLD CAN DRAW A LESSON FROM THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF

OUR JOINT ENTERPRISE:

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DETERMINED NEGOTIATION BEGIN UNDERLINING CAN END

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UNDERLINING SUCCEED WHERE CONFRONTATION WOULD SURELY LEAD TO

DISASTER:

GOOD WILL AND FRIENDSHIP BEGIN UNDERLINING CAN END

UNDERLINING OVERCOME MISUNDERSTANDING:

AN INTRACTABLE PROBLEM INHERITED FROM THE PAST BEGIN UNDERLINING CAN END UNDERLINING BE SOLVED THROUGH AN

IMAGINATIVE APPROACH TO THE FUTURE:

DIVISIONS IN INTERNATIONAL LIFE CAN BE OVERCOME IN WAYS

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