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VISIT OF MR HU YAOBANG'S PARTY TO THE UK': TALKS BETWEEN

MR RENTON AND ZHOU NAN

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MR RENTON RECEIVED ZHOU NAN, ACCOMPANIED BY CHEN ZIYING AND

WANG YIHAO, FOR ALMOST AN HOUR'S DISCUSSIONS ON 9 JUNE BEFORE

ZHOU AND SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS HAD TO LEAVE TO TAKE PART IN

THE DISCUSSIONS AT NO 10. THE CONVERSATION OPENED WITH A MUTUAL

RECALL OF THE PRODUCTIVENESS OF THEIR EARLIER MEETING IN JANUARY

IN PEKING, WITH ZHOU NAN SINGLING OUT THE AGREEMENT REACHED ON THE FORMULA FOR SHIPS' VISITS. A NUMBER OF BILATERAL SUBJECTS

WERE THEN COVERED BEFORE THE CONVERSATION TURNED TO HONG KONG.

2. BOTH MINISTERS PRAISED THE AGREEMENTS FOR INVESTMENT PROT-

ECTION, DEVELOPMENT LOANS AND STUDENT EXCHANGES (THE Y K PAO

SCHEME). THEY LOOKED FORWARD TO THE STATE VISIT, WITH ZHOU NAN

PROMISING THAT THE CHINESE WOULD SURPASS THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE

FOR ANY OTHER HEAD OF STATE IN SEEKING TO MAKE THE QUEEN'S VISIT

ENJOYABLE. MR RENTON EXPRESSED PLEASURE THAT A CHINESE LEADER

WOULD ATTEND THE RETURN BANQUET ON BRITANNIA IN SHANGHAI.

3. BOTH SIDES REFERRED TO THE TRADE RELATIONSHIP AND THE WISH

TO EXPAND IT FURTHER. ZHOU NAN FORESHADOWED A RESPONSE TO THE

PRIME MINISTER'S HOPE THAT THE CHINESE MIGHT BUY CONTAINER SHIPS

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