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4. JI PENGFE, AT A DINNER HE GAVE FOR HONG KONG AND MACAU DELEGATES TO THE NPC AND CPPCC AT WHICH HONG KONG AND MACAU JOURNALISTS WERE ALSO PRESENT, SAID THAT THE CENTRAL TASK FOR THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD WAS THE ALL-ROUND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION BY MAINT- ALMING AND DEVELOPING STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN HONG KONG SO AS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF POWER IN 1997. TO ATTAIN THIS GOAL FRIENDLY COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN AND THE JOINT EFFORTS OF HONG KONG COMPATRIOTS WERE INDISPENSIBLE. HE SAID HE WAS CONVICED THAT THERE WAS A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HONG KONG.
5. SEE MIFT.
EVANS
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
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MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT. LEGAL ADVISERS
MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE ERD R C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.
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