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vis-à-vis the Hong Kong people but also towards foreigners such as the Japanese and the Australians, that Mr Hayden must have taken this at its face value. We still have to keep a tight curb on the material we release to Mr Hayden in case he either gives away some of our negotiating position to the Chinese or blurts out something unhelpful in public.
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