Documents and correspondence relating to the Sino-British Trade Council and Railway Industry Association

Folder with text 'Sino Brit. Trade Council N.U.R. [?] visit 1973'. Containing correspondence and reports from Sino-British Trade Council regarding the promoting British industries in China, including 'operation Avalanche' referring to bulk delivery of catalogues and a publication highlighting British rail industries and a memo from Peter Marshall on opening up British markets for Chinese products such as bicycles, umbrellas and textiles; correspondence and a copy letter with Peter Marshall (Sino-British Trade) and Sydney Weighell (NUR) on Chinese railways; meeting agenda and list of attendees to the Sino-British Trade Council meeting on 4.6.1974 on China trade. A copy of Railway Industry Association (former LMA) brief on China for the NUR delegation with cover letter dated 3rd March 1976 containing background information on the history and current (1976) situation of Chinese Republic Railways.