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AT A PRESS BRIEFING QI HUAIYUAN (THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPOKESMAN) SAID THAT CHAIRMAN DENG XIAOPING AND BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY SIR GEOFFREY HOWE TODAY HAD WIDE-RANGING DIS- CUSSIONS CONCERNING THE VERY IMPORTANT PROBLEM OF HONG KONG, REACHED A COMMON CONCLUSION''.
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3. NEITHER THE NONA RELEASE NOR MR. QI'S STATEMENT WERE AGREED WITH THE BRITISH DELEGATION TO THE MEETING. IF ASKED ABOUT THEM YOU SHOULD DECLINE TO COMMENT AND REFER INSTEAD TO THE AGREED JOINT PRESS STATEMENT (MY TELNO 422). YOU MAY ADD THAT THE TWO SIDES ARE STILL NEGOTIATING AND THAT SEVERAL POINTS OF SUBSTANCE REMAIN
TO BE RESOLVED.
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THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
-- FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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