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ง THE NCNA ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWS BULETIN AND ''PEOPLE'S DAILY'' OF 19 OCTOBER CARRIED THE TEXT OF THE NCNA STATEMENT AS REPORTED IN TUR. SO DID THE 'CHINA DAILY** ON ITS FRONT PAGE ON 20 OCTOBER.
2. WHILE THE CHINESE MEDIA HAVE BEEN PLAYING BACK VERBATIM WHAT = KE SAID TO NCNA ON 18 OCTOBER, WE HAVE SO FAR SEEN NO (NO) PUBLIC STATEMENT ORIGINATING IN PEKING ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
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