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THAT IS. BOTH BRITAIN AND CHINA HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES CAPABLE AND WILLING TO WORK FOR A MORE STABLE WORLD FREE OF THE THREAT

POSED BY ARMED MIGHT. WITH OUR SAARED GOODWILL AND OUR

CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE TO INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, WE SHOULD NOW REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO CONTRIBUTE JOINTLY TO WORLD PEAC

ROSPERITY. THE SPIRIT SHOULD BE THAT OF TENNYSON'S RINGING

CALL: TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO FIND AND NOT TO YIELD'.

(7) MR PREMIER, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PERSONAL PLEASURE FOR ME TO

RENEW THE FRIENDLY CONTACTS WE HAD ON MY LAST VISIT. WE HAVE HAD

EXCELLENT TALKS AGAIN TODAY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YO

TO LONDON NEXT YEAR. FOR NOW, IN THANKING YOU FOR THIS MAGNIFICENT BANQUET, MAY I USE WORDS OF A CHINESE PROVERB TO DESCRIBE THE ENDURING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES WHICH

WE ARE BUILDING TOGETHER: 'WITH STEADY STEPS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO

REACH THE SKY'.

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