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4. MOST INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS PICKED UP A TVB NEWS REPORT WHICH CLAIMED THAT A 13-POINT PROPOSAL HAD BEEN PUT FORWARD BY THE CHINESE DELEGATION DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT CHINA HAD PROMISED A 50-YEAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FOR BRITAIN TO RETURN SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG TO CHINA (THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEVELOP- MENT OF THE STORY IN THE MONTHLY QUOTE THE MIRROR UNQOTE:
MY TELNO 988 PARA 5). HOWEVER, THE SAME PAPERS ALSO QUOTED THE EMBASSY'S DENIAL OF THE STORY. THERE WAS NO REFERENCE TO THE STORY IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS.
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