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practical arrangements for Hong Kong after 1997. But they maintained that only where 'British interests' were not
not directly involved could there be detailed discussions.
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There was some discussion of Hong Kong's legal and financial systems. The Chinese said that in keeping with their general proposals for Hong Kong, both would be basically
unchanged. But there are signs that they still see the road to further progress in the talks in terms of agreement on principles
rather than substantive discussion of details and practicalit-
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Although the Chinese showed Limited understanding of our
arguments, we have managed to put over a fair amount of detailed
material and to press the case for pragmatic consideration of
specific areas of administration. HMA Peking will continue to
probe the Chinese position informally to help us to asses S
approach to the next round.-
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