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PART, THE CHINESE EXPRESSED SOME FAMILIAR CONCERNS, INCLUDING THEIR VIEW THAT HONG KONG SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BECOME A QUOTE BASE FOR SUBVERSION UNQUOTE AGAINST THE PRC, AND THEIR OPPOSITION TO ANY QUOTE INTERNATIONALISATION UNQUOTE OF THE HONG KONG PROBLEM.

WE DO NOT REGARD THE VISIT AS A DEPARTURE FROM OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE MADRID DECLARATIONS. SIR P CRADOCK IS AN OFFICIAL, NOT A MINISTER.

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