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understand the importance of President Bush's recent
initiative which our two
welcomed.
governments have warmly
The Chinese optimism you record over Cambodia and Vietnam has been confirmed by events. Later this month we will sign in Paris the comprehensive political
settlement of the Cambodian conflict. I am grateful to you for having raised the issue of Hong Kong when you were in Peking. I was pleased to see the positive
comments your interlocutors made on Our recent agreements with them on difficult Hong Kong issues.
in
I too look forward to Our 27 November meeting Rome. As you know, I will have a few hours only and there simply will not be time to discuss the many topics associated with a full scale traditional summit. That is why I suggested a bilateral concentrating on European matters, particularly as we will be meeting on the eve of the Maastricht conference. But I agree we should find time to address China to0. It is an important topic.
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