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10. THE PRESIDENT DID NOT TAKE UP A POSITION ON THE PROBLEM. HE
UNDERLINED THAT IT WAS A BILATERAL PROBLEM BETWEEN BRITAIN
AND CHINA IN WHICH THE COMMISSION HAD NO BUSINESS TO INTERVENE OF COURSE THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE FOLLOWED WITH GREAT INTEREST BECAUSE THEY WWERE SEEN AS A TEST OF HOW A PROBLEM BETWEEN AN EC MEMBER STATE AND CHINA COULD BE RESOLVED. THE COMMISSION HOPED THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD REACH A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
ENDS.
CRADOCK
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Furthermore, trong song was an important elemen in the world commernal System. Alter commencal partners, including
including the Enropean community, with ched importance to the maintenance of their commercial links with thong kong,
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