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Ziyang that it was their full intention to implement those

China did honour her international commitments

agreements.

and she would do so on this occasion and also in drafting the

basic law she would solicit opinion in Hong Kong on a wide

scale. So, it is our intention

s.

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both of us

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firmly to

carry out the agreement which we signed in the last few days.

QUESTION

Prime Minister, on the Anglo-Irish talks, I wonder if the President agrees with your evaluation of the New Ireland

Report and your three "Noes".

PRIME MINISTER

I

We were not getting into that kind of detail. briefed the President that the talks would, in fact, be continuing. As you know, I went to Dublin for the European

Economic Summit in December and at the Press Conference

afterwards I think I was cross-examined more about bilateral

I was very relationships than the European Economic Summit. happy to be so, because the impression had got around that

there were problema between the

That was not so.

Taoiseach and myself

QUESTION

Mrs. Thatcher, given that you are a great supporter

of the Star Wars research programme, does Britain have any interest or plans to participate directly in that research

programme itself?