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INTEREST SO AS TO PROVIDE AN ENVIROMENT ON WHICH TO DEAL WITH THE REALLY CONTENTIOUS ISSUES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
5. GUO FENGMIN SAID THAT HE WELL UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH THE GOVERNOR WAS FACING AT PRESENT IN HONG KONG. THERE WAS A GREAT NEED FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN OVER HONG KONG, AND OF COURSE THIS COULD NOT BE ACHEIVED THROUGH CONFRONTATION.
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HAVING OPENED THE BOWLING ON THIS FRIENDLY NOTE, GUO FENGMIN THEN READ OUT A STATEMENT WHICH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE THIS AFTERNOON ON THE QUESTION OF THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE ANNOUNCED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON 20 DECEMBER. A TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT IS IN MIPT.
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