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RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN

THE PRIME MINISTER

AND

HU YAOBANG, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY

AT

ZHONGNANHAI, PEKING

ON

WEDNESDAY 19 DECEMBER AT 3.00 p.m.

Present:

The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher, FRS, MP, Prime Minister

The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe, QC, MP, Secretary of State for

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Sir Richard Evans, KCMG, H.M. Ambassador, Peking

Sir Percy Cradock, GCMG, Deputy Under Secretary of State, FCO

Sir Edward Youde, GCMG, MBE, Governor of Hong Kong

Mr R E F Butler, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister

Dr D C Wilson, Assistant Under Secretary of State, FCO

Mr R J T McLaren, CMG, Assistant Under Secretary of State, FCO

Mr C D Powell, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister

Mr B Ingham, Chief Press Secretary to the Prime Minister

Mr L C Appleyard, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State

Mr C J Meyer, Head of News Department, FCO

Mr P A B Thomson, Counsellor, British Embassy, Peking

Mr H L Davies, Commercial Counsellor, British Embassy, Peking

Mr W G Ehrman, First Secretary, British Embassy, Peking

Mr P F Ricketts, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State

Mr D G Blunt, First Secretary, British Embassy, Peking

Mr T W M Smith, Second Secretary, British Embassy, Peking

Miss A Batty, Attache, British Embassy, Peking

Mr Y P Cheng, Interpreter

HE Mr Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

HE Mr Wu Xueqian, State Councillor and Foreign Minister

HE Mr Zhou Nan, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs

HE Mr Jia Shi, Vice-Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade

HE Mr Chen Zhaoyuan, Chinese Ambassador at London

Mr Guo Fengmin, Director of the Western European Department of the

Foreign Ministry

Mr Tang Longbin, Director of the Protocol Department of the

Foreign Ministry

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