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SECRET

RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

AND

CHAIRMAN DENG XIAOPING

AT THE

GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE, PEKING

31 JULY 1984 AT 1000

Those present:

The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe QC, MP, Secretary of State Sir Richard Evans KCMG, HM Ambassador, PEKING

Sir Edward Youde GCMG, MBE Governor of Hong Kong

Sir Percy Cradock GCMG, Deputy Under Secretary of State

Mr RJT McLaren CMG, Assistant Under Secretary of State Dr D C Wilson, Assistant Under Secretary of State

Mr L V Appleyard, Principal Private Secretary

Mr Fred Burrows CMG, Legal Counsellor

Mr P J Goulden, Head of News Department, FCO

Mr A C Galsworthy, Head of Hong Kong Department, FCO

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

Mr W G Ehrman, First Secretary, British Embassy, PEKING Mr N Inkster, First Secretary, British Embassy,

Mr P F Ricketts, Assistant Private Secretary

PEKING

Mr D G Blunt, First Secretary, British Embassy, PEKING Miss M Dawson, Attache, British Embassy, PEKING Mr Y P Cheng, Interpreter

HE Mr Deng Xiaoping, Chairman of the State Council

HE Mr Wu Xueqian, State Councillor and Foreign Minister HE Mr Zhou Nan, Assistant Foreign Minister

HE Mr Chen Zhaoyuan, Chinese Ambassador to Britain

Mr Shao Tianren, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry

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

Foreign Ministry

Mr Qi Huaiyuan, Director of Information Department of the

Foreign Ministry

Mr Lu Ping, Adviser to the West European Department of the

Foreign Ministry

Mr Ke Zaishuo, Ambassador

Mr Luo Jiahuan, Counsellor

Mr Yang Zengye, Counsellor

Madam Zhang Youyun, Interpreter

Chinese notetakers

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