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Year

1978 cont

1979

SH1AAC

Visitors to UK

Visitors to China

of Air Staff and Airforce delegation.

Sept. Liu Daosheng 1st Deputy Commander, Chinese Navy, and naval delegation Oct. Huang Hua, Foreign Minister.

Nov. Wang Zhen, Vice Premier.

July Mrs Shirley Williams MP, Secretary of State for Education and Science. Aug. Sir Geoffrey Howe, MP. | Aug. Mr Edmund Dell, MP Secretary of State for Trade.

Significant events

May. Li Yilin, Vice Minister of Chemicals. June. Geng Biao, Deputy Premier

June, Zhao Ziyang, Chairman of the Sichuan Revolutionary Committee, and Sichuan delegation. June. Wang Meng, Minister of Sport.

June-July. Yang Yong, Senior Deputy Chief of the General Staff.

July. Huo Shilian

Minister of Agriculture. Sept-Oct. Jiang Nanxiang,

Minister of Education. Oct-Nov. Premier Hua

Guofeng.

Nov. Guo Weicheng, Minister of Railways.

Jan. Mr Peter Tapsell, MP Feb-March. Mr Eric Varley, MP Secretary of State for Industry.

March. Sir Murray Maclehose, makes first official visit by a Governor of Hong Kong since 1949.

June. HRH The Duke of Kent. Oct. Mr Harold MacMillan, former Prime Minister.

Jan. British Council section re-opens in Embassy.

4 March. Agreement on Economic Co-operation.

1 Nov. Agreement on Air Services.

1 Nov. Cultural Agreement. 29 Nov. Agreement on Railway Science and Technology Co- operation.