SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
RETURN BANQUET
BEIJING 20 MAY 1986
PREMIER ZHAO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
TONIGHT IS MY OCCASION TO SAY THANK YOU, AT THE END OF
OUR STAY IN BEIJING IT IS MY GREAT HONOUR TO RETURN
HOSPITALITY TO MY HOST, PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG, OUR STAY
HERE, THOUGH SHORT, HAS BEEN VERY BUSY AND PRODUCTIVE,
THAT IT HAS BEEN SO IS THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF
PREMIER ZHAO AND HIS COLLEAGUES,
! N THE TWO YEARS SINCE I WAS LAST IN BEIJING, THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND AUSTRALIA HAS DEEPENED AND

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER AT PREMIER ZHAO'S
WELCOMING BANQUET
BEIJING 19 MAY 1986
MR PREMIER, IT IS GOOD BE TO AMONG FRIENDS AGAIN IN BEIJING.
THERE ARE MANY FAMILIAR FACES HERE THIS EVENING WHO, IN
DIFFERENT FIELDS, ARE FIRM FRIENDS OF AUSTRALIA. IN THE TWO
YEARS SI'NCE I WAS LAST IN bEIJING I AM GLAD THAT WE
PERSONALLY HAVE KEPT CLOSELY IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER AND
THAT WE AND OTHER LEADERS OF OUR GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE
FREQUENTLY TO RENEW FRIENDSHIPS THROUGH THE VISITS OF CLOSE

AUSTRALIA-CHINA TENNIS TOURNAMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER
IN THE PRESENCE OF MY FRIEND AND VERY FORMIDABLE OPPONENT
ON THE TENNIS COURT, VICE PREMIER WAN Li, I AM HAPPY TO
ANNOUNCE THAT IN PRINCIPLE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED TO
ESTABLISH A TENNIS TOURNAMENT BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
TENNIS IS AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR SPORT IN CHINA AND I KNOW
THA fHE RECENT VISIT OF PAT CASH GENERATED GREAT INTEREST.
THIS IS A SPORT IN WHICH AUSTRALIA HAS A LONG TRADITION.
THE CONCEPT IS TO CREATE AN ANNUAL TENNIS CHALLENGE WHICH

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE AT DIAOYUTAI STATE GUEST HOUSE
BEIJING 19 MAY 1986
PM: I have just completed a little over three hours discussion
with Premier Zhao. As you would appreciate they have covered
a wide range of international issues in the political area
the economic area and of course a number of bilateral matters
of importance to us. I think it is important to indicate at
the outset that Premier Zhao in his opening statement indicated
the very great significance with the Government of China attaches

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TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP AT IMPERIAL HOTEL TOKYO 17 MAY 1986
JOURNALIST: The newspapers are talking about chaos and panic
your Government. What is your reaction?
PM: Nonsense.
JOURNALIST: How about the fact that communications between
Canberra and Beijing are extremely poor? Do you think you
will be able to maintain It takes up to three hours
to book one call through, sir.
PM: Not if you have got contacts.
JOURNALIST: Sir, are you considering sending any of your
policital economic advisers back?
PM: No.
END

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER JAPAN/ AUSTRALIA SOCIETY RECEPTION:-
TOKYO 16 MAY 1986
PROFESSOR SAITO, MEMBERS OF THE JAPAN-AUSTRALIA SOCIETY,
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
MEMBERS OF THE JAPAN/ AUSTRALIA SOCIETY KNOW VERY WELL THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES
A ND THE CLOSENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN AND
JAPANESE GOVERNMENTS.
I HAVE DISCUSSED OUR ECONOMIC RELATIONS IN DETAIL IN AN ADDRESS
EARLIER TODAY, WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASISE TO YOU THIS EVENING IS

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TRANSCRIPT OF SPEECH AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM JAPAN
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB TOKYO 16 MAY 1986
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen we should like to
start this press conf~ erence given by Hon. Prime Minister
of Australia, The Hon. Robert Hawke. As manyof you
know already Mr Hawke became the Prime MInister of Australia
in March 1983 and his visit to Japan this time is his secondI
visit to Japan and last time when he was in Japan was in
1984 and at that time on the 2nd February he was so kind

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PRIME MINISTER
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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE AT IMPERIAL HOTEL -TOKYO
16 MAY 1986
JOURNALIST: Sir, can you give a guarantee to ordinary
wage earners tonight that the tax cuts as promised will be
introduced from September?
PM: I understand that in the discussions that took place
today it was agreed that there would be a special meeting
held under the auspices the advisory committee on prices
and income and that it was accepted all those represented
that anything which went to this question of the current

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ECONOMIC ASSOCIATIONS LUNCH
TOKYO 16 MAY 1986
MR CHAIRMAN, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I AM DELIGHTED ONCE AGAIN TO BE YOUR GUEST AND TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE VERY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE BY
BOTH OUR COUNTRIES SINCE MY LAST MEETING WITH YOU.
SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN DEEPLY COMMITTED TO
PROVIDING AND SUSTAINING THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE CO-OPERATION
BETWEEN JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA. -INDEED THOSE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN
SO SUCCESSFUL I BELIEVE WE HAVE NOW REACHED A POINT WHERE WE

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PRIME MINISTER
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TRANSCIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH TELEVISION JOURNALISTS -TOKYO
MAY 1 986
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, how worried are you about the
economic situation?
PM: Well, the first thing I want to say is that this is not
a time to panic. We have got to recognise that the deficit on
the current account is undesirably high and that we have been
put at a very considerable disadvantage by the drastic
deterioration in the terms of trade especially since last