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INFO DESKBY 22120OZ PEKING
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MY TELNO 2613 : PRESS CONFERENCE BY XU JIATUN: BNO PASSPORTS.
1. IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS FROM COMMERCIAL RADIO AND THE CHING PO, XU IS RECORDED IN THE WEN WEI PO'S FULL TRANSCRIPT AS HAVING.
REPLIED:
་་ THE PASSPORT QUESTION IS ONE RAISED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. AT PRESENT, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE 2 SIDES ARE STUDYING THE MATTER. SO FAR AS WE KNOW, THE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS DEPARMENTS OF THE TWO SIDES HAVE GONE WELL AND IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO REACH A SOLUTION AT THE 2ND MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IN PEKING ON 26 NOVEMBER. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, UPHOLDING ITS PRINCIPLES, WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THE WISHES OF SEVERAL MILLION HONG KONG COMPATRIOTS AND DEAL WITH THIS QUESTION IN A FLEXIBLE MANNER.'"'
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