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THE ENCOURAGING' REMARKS BY ZHOU NAN AND OTHERS WERE GENERAL AND IN SOME CASES OBLIQUE. THE CHINESE SIDE KNEW THEY WERE NOT NEGOTIATING FORMALLY AND WERE NOT ON RECORD, AND WERE CLEARLY GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON THE MPS. HOWELL'S INTERPRETATION OF THEIR ATTITUDE IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE WILL ALSO HAVE OWED SOMETHING TO END-OF-VISIT RELIEF AND EUPHORIA. ALL THAT SAID, THE INDICATIONS GIVEN BY THE CHINESE DO SEEM AN ADVANCE ON WHAT WE HAD HEARD BEFORE AND SHOULD BE WELL WORTH FOLLOWING UP.
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