SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
NANJING BANQUET 23 MAY 1986
YdUR EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR GU XIULIAN, VICE GOVERNOR CHEN
HUAN YOU, YOUR EXCELLENCY VICE-MAYOR WANG RONG BING,
. DISTINGUISHED CHINESE GUESTS AND AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR GU, FOR YOUR WARM WORDS OF WELCOME TO
YOUR FAMOUS PROVINCE AND SERENE AND BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL CITY.
IT IS INDEED A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE ON THE GROUND THIS TIME,
INSTEAD OF JUST CIRCLING OVERHEAD. I WELL RECALL HOW THE
WEATHER TREACHEROUSLY INTERVENED WHEN I WAS LAST IN CHINA TO

PRIME MINISTER
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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE AT JINLING HOTEL, NANJING
22 MAY 1986
PM: Well, ladies and gentlemen there are probably some other
matters that you wish to talk to me about but can we deal
With this area first. You will recall that when General-Secretary
Hu Yaobang was in Australia last year one of the areas of
co-operation which we agreed should be developed was in wool
and textiles and it is a matter of great pleasure and pride
to me that in the period since then already three joint venture

I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE PRESENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE
. SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN WOOL
CORPORATION AND THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
I CONGRATULATE THE TWO ORGANISATIONS ON THIS SIGNIFICANT
STEP THEY HAVE TAKEN TOWARDS BUILDING A WAREHOUSE IN NANJING
FOR THE HANDLING AND DISTRIBUTION OF AUSTRALIAN WOOL.
AUSTRALIA IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST EFFICIENT PRODUCER
OF FINE QUALITY WOOL. IN CHINA THE TERM " AO MAO" ( AUSTRALIAN
WOOL) IS SYNONYMOUS WITH EXCELLENC* EAND AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN A

BANQUET HOSTED BY GOVERNOR OF SICHUAN IN CHENGDU
WEDNESDAY 21 MAY 1986
RETURN TOAST SPEECH BY-PRIME-MIN-ISTER.
GOVERNOR JIANG
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
TONIGHT WE ARE IN THE CENTRE OF CHINA. I AM GLAD THAT ON
MY PRESENT VISIT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE
CHINA'S DIVERSITY AT FIRST HAND. I AM PARTICULARLY GLAD
TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SICHUAN, CHINA'S MOST
POPULOUS REGION AND ONE OF ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT.
ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR ME IS HEIGHTENED BY MY KNOWLEDGE THAT

REMARKS BY PRIME MINISTER AT SICHUAN ZOO,.
CHENGDU : 21 MAY 1986
CHINA HAS ACCORDED AUSTRALIA A GREAT HONOUR IN ANNOUNCING
4 THAT IT WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION OF AUSTRALIA'S
BiCENTENARY BY PERMITTING US TO DISPLAY IN AUSTRALIA A
PAIR OF RARE AND APPEALING GIANT PANDAS.
THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF HOW PRECIOUS THE GIANT)
PANDA IS NOT ONLY TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE BUT TO PEOPLE ALL
OVER THE WORLD. WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE MASSIVE RESCUE
MEASURES TAKEN BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO SAVE PANDAS

Speech by the Prime Minister
Printronics Project - Chengdu

I am very pleased to have this opportunity to visit the Xinxing instruments factory which is enjoying such excellent co-operation with our Australian company, Printronics.

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I AUSTRALIA..
PRIME. MINISTER
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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW AT GOLDEN BULL GUEST HOUSE CHENGDU
21 MAY 1986
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher seems to be saying
that she doesn't believe that South Africa's military raid
challenges or questions the effectiveness of sanctions.
What is your view on the raid and should we be imposing
sanctions? PM: Well the view of the Australian Government about the
raids is it is a totally objectionable and reprehensible
and an unacceptable intrusion into the affairs of sovereign

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TRANSCRIPT OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH STUDENTS BEIJING
FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY : 20 IMAY 1986
PM.. substitute for the hard work that has to be done on
negotiating a comprehensive test ban treaty.
Q. Prime Minister, I have a question too. Not long ago
Indonesia forced some of your journalists out of the
country. What is your Government's view towards that
problem? PM. Where was this?
A. In Indonesia
PM* We quite frankly believe that there was an act of
discrimination on the part of Indonesia. Ours were the

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE GREAT HALL OF THE
PEOPLE AFTER MEETING WITH DENG XIAOPING BEIJING
20 MAY 1986
PM: I must say that it was one of the most remarkable
experiences I have had to be able to have nearly 1 a hours
with Chairman Deng. He was very generous in his time
and his exposition. I think what is remarkable is not
merely the magnitude of the of the changes which are
envisaged but also the realism and the preparedness to
admit that mistakes will be made, that they will have

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
OPENING OF THE THIRD CHINA-AUSTRALIA SENIOR EXECUTIVE FORUM
BEIJING 20 MAY 1986
PREMIER ZHAO
DISTINGUISHED PARTICIPANTS
THIS THIRD MEETING OF THE CHINA-AUSTRALIA SENIOR EXECUTIVE
FORUM IS A FURTHER INDICATION OF THE'GROWING STRENGTH OF THE
COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. THE
FORUM WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS
CONTACT, FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION ON HOW BUSINESS IS DONE
IN BOTH COUNTRIES, AND FOR EXPLORING COMMERCIAL JOINT VENTURE