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FROM PEKING 19143OZ DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3042 OF 13/12/34
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HKK
RECEIVER
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2 0 DE₤1984
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: BANQUET
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT IS PRIME MINISTER'S
SPEECH AS DELIVERED AT THE
BANQUET:
YOUR EXCELLENCY, PREMIER ZHAO ZYLANG,
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 ACHIEVMENT.
THAT ACHIEVEMENT WAS OUR SIGNAUTRE THIS AFTERNOON OF
THE JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG KONG. IN MY SPEECH AT THE
SIGNATURE CEREMONY 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.
THE WORLD CAN DRAW A LESSON FROM THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME
OF OUR JOINT ENTERPRISE:
THAT DETERMINED NEGOTIATION (NEX WORD UNDERLINED)
CAN SUCCEED WHERE CONFRONTATION WOULD SURELY LEAD TO DISASTER:
THAT GOODWILL AND FRIENDSHIP (NEXT WORD UNCERLINED) CAN
OVERCOME MISUNDERSTANDING:
THAT AN INTRACTABLE PROBLEM INHERITED FROM THE PAST
(NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) CAN BE SOLVED THROUGH AN IMAGINATIVE
APPROACH TO THE FUTURE:
AND HHAT DIVISIONS IN INTERNATIONAL LIFE (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED)
CAN BE OVERCOME IN WAYS WHICH PRESERVE THE AUTOMONY AND INDIVIDUA-
LITY OF THE SOCIETIES AFFECTED.
THE
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