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PC - G7 - 16 JULY 1991

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We talked about China, we welcome China's cooperation with

the international coalition in opposing Iraqi aggression and we hope

to see further economic and political reform there. We still have

serious concerns about human rights in China but we are in favour

of continuing to rebuild the contacts with China and also in favour

of the unconditional extension by the United States of Most Favoured

Nation Status to China,

We discussed Korea and the prospect there, which is a hopefu?

one, of admission of both Koreas, North and South, to the UN and the

resumption of a high level dialogue between the two countries. We

think it is very

important that North Korea should sign and

implement a nuclear safeguards agreement.

I have mentioned South Africa already, we are naturally

immensely concerned with the threat of famine in several countries

of Africa and there will be a reference to that in the economic

communique tomorrow.

I am circulating a note of these remarks, together with your

other documents, and you will see there a list of five or six other

subjects, international subjects, which we also discussed and on

which I will be glad to answer your questions, but since you will

be getting the text I do not think we

think we need run through those in

detail now,

I believe the two documents which have been agreed this

morning are substantial documents, they flow from a review of the

international scene and they concentrate, as I have said, on trying

to find multilateral, trying to find international approaches and

solutions to the main problems which we have singled out.

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