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9. JI THEN ASKED WHETHER THERE WOULD STILL BE A LEGCO DEBATE. I REPEATED THE OPINION WHICH I HAD EXPRESSED TO ZHOU NAN EARLIER. WE WOULD NOT KNOW WHETHER A DEBATE WOULD BE HELD UNTIL THE LEGCO MEETING ON 3 SEPTEMBER.
10. AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, I DISCUSSED FURTHER WITH ZHOU NAN THE TEXT OF A STATEMENT I MIGHT MAKE ON RETURN TO HONG KONG. THE CHINESE CONFIRMED THIS MRONING THAT THEY WERE CONTENT WITH THE TEXT IN MIFT, WHICH SHALL USE ON ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG THIS EVENING.
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