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China Internal: Conversation with NCNA 3 July
Li Chuwen dismissed stories that Deng was
planning a visit to Hong Kong.
2.
But
He took the initiative in referring to current difficulties in China. People were behaving like a bird released from a gilded cage (sic). either one persisted with the reforms or went back to the old formula. The latter was unthinkable.
3.
He said that Deng had made a real effort to prepare the succession and step back from affairs so that his final departure would not be missed. I asked
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whether the major posts after Deng had been settled (see press)
or whether the appointments really remained to be
discussed.
He said the latter, emphatically.
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