TNAG-2046-FCO40-2916-Visits-by-Lord-Young--Deputy-Chairman-of-the-Conservative-Pa-1990 — Page 5

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4. DURING AN EARLIER PART OF THE CONVERSATION LORD YOUNG MENTIONED THE 24 CHINESE TECHNICIANS WHO WERE BEING TRAINED EACH YEAR BY CABLE AND WIRELESS IN THE UK. THE AGREEMENT EXPIRED IN 1991 AND LORD YOUNG WISHED TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS AS WELL AS INTENSIFY THE EXISITING CABLE AND WIRELESS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME. THIS WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF BOTH COUNTRIES. LI PENG EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION.

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