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4. ZHOU SAID THE CHINESE SIDE COULD AGREE TO OUR SUGGESTION THAT,
AS SOON AS THE DATE OF THE CEREMONY HAD BEEN AGREED, A PRESS STATEMENT ANNOUNCING IT SHOULD BE ISSUED AND THAT ANOTHER SHOULD BE ISSUED FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY. THE CHINESE SIDE IMAGINED THAT THERE WOULD BE PRESS INTEREST IN ATTENDANCE. THEY WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE PRESS BEING PRESENT. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE EXACT WORDING OF THE TWO PRESS STATEMENTS COULD BE DECIDED THROUGH
FURTHER CONSULTATION.
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ZHOU WENT ON TO SAY THAT, ACCORDING TO USUAL CHINESE PRACTICE, THE MFA WOULD PREPARE A CERTIFICATE TO BE SENT TO THE EMBASSY IN ADVANCE OF THE CEREMONY. ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD ALSO PREPARE A CERTIFICATE, THE TWO CERTIFICATES COULD BE SIGNED BY HIM AND ME AND EXCHANGED AT THE CEREMONY.
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SUGGESTED THAT OFFICIALS FROM THE TWO SIDES SHOULD MEET TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF PROCEDURE, ON WHICH WE HAD GUIDANCE. ZHOU AGREED.
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