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offer some compensation to Hong Kong, or at least a clarification of why it had to insist on certain things. He suggested that it was important to leave open the possibility of contacts outside the negotiations themselves. For his part, it would be his objective to ensure the EEC negotiators were given adequate flexibility and that the Community's approach was fair.
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