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of issuing a subsequent personal statement was to avoid misinterpretation and to provide the Press with something for direct quotation.
4.
The Governor said that since the UK side had met the
Hong Kong team on the question of confidentiality, he wished to raise as few difficulties as possible on the terms of the Press release, but he personally preferred not to be present
at the press conference.
5.
The two sides agreed to adjourn and examine their respective
documents.
4 November 1975
S Sanders.
(C T Sandars) PS/Minister of State
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