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AS QUOTED, PLACED EMPHASIS ON 1997 AS A DATE FOR DECISIONS IN
WAY THAT WAS NEW AND NOT IN ACCORD WITH WHAT DENG HIMSELF HAD SAID. (THERE IS A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WAY HUANG HUA LOOKED AT THE SITUATION). THE REMARK ATTRIBUTED TO DENG BY MING BAO REDUCES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 1997 AS A DATE FOR DECISIONS. POSSIBLY THIS HAS BEEN DONE DELIBERATELY BY NCNA AS A CORRECTIVE TO THE SUNG STORY, THE NEUTRAL MING BAO WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE MEDIUM TO USE FOR SUCH A MOVE THAN ONE OF THEIR OWN PAPERS.
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4. INCIDENTALLY WE HAVE HAD NO PRESS QUERIES ABOUT THE SUNG STORY."
WE HAVE NOT THEREFORE HAD TO USE THE PRESS LINE IN PARA 5 OF MY
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