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HONG KONG WOULD BECOME A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE RECION, AND ON BE INC PRESSED MERELY TOOK REFUGE IN SAYING THAT HONG KONG'S STATUS AS A FREE PORT ETC WOULD REMAIN UNCHANCED.
3. ON TAIWAN, IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS, WU SAID THAT THE NATIONAL FLAG WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT OF THE PRC, BUT THAT CHINA HAD NOT YET DECIDED WHAT TO DO WITH THE KMT FLAG. HE CLAIMED NOT TO KNOW WHETHER TAIWAN WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE WEAPONS ELSEWHERE, AS THIS WAS NOT HIS FIELD, BUT HE DID SAY DEFINITELY THAT NO CHINESE FORCES FROM THE MAINLAND WOULD GO TO TAIWANT. THE PARTY GOVERNMENT AND ARMED FORCES WOULD BE RUN BY THE TAIWANESE THEMSELVES.
2. SEE NIFT FOR COMMENT.
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