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5. MEANWHILE, IN ANSWER TO PRESS QUERIES, WE WILL REFRAIN FROM
ANY OFFICIAL COMMENT. OFF THE RECORD WE WILL SAY THAT WE DO NOT
KNOW WHAT SUNG ACTUALLY SAID. BUT HE WAS OBVIOUSLY MAINLY
CONCERNED WITH RE-SMPHASISING DENG'S ASSURANCE THAT INVESTORS
SHOULD FEEL CONFIDENT. THE REASSERTION OF CHINA'S POSITION THAT
HONG KONG IS CHINESE TERRITORY IS PART OF A STANDARD FORMULATION
AS WAS POINTED OUT IN MY PRESS CONFERENCE ON 6 APRIL. THERE IS
NO INCONSISTENCY IN WHAT SUNG IS ALLEGED TO HAVE SAID AND MY
NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO A QUESTION AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT
WHETHER THE LEASE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP,
AS WAS SAID THEN THE VISIT WAS ONE OF GOODWILL AND NOT FOR
NEGOTIATING.
MACLEHOSE
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SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY
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