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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
NEW AIRPORT: PRESS REPORTS
1. THERE HAVE BEEN FEW ARTICLES OF SIGNIFICANCE ON THE AIRPORT IN RECENT DAYS, AND LITTLE OR NO SIGN OF CHINESE BRIEFING.
ONE INTERESTING REPORT APPEARED IN A NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS TODAY, QUOTING AN ARTICLE IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE MIRROR MAGAZINE. THIS SAYS THAT DENG XIAOPING INSTRUCTED THAT THE AIRPORT ISSUE SHOULD BE RESOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF THERE WERE DIFFERENCES BOTH SIDES COULD CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS.
2. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE MIRROR ARTICLE YET. THIS MONTH'S EDITION IS DUE OUT ON 10 JUNE.
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3. WE HAVE NO COLLATERAL FOR THIS REPORT. JUST BEFORE THE LAST ROUND OF TALKS, WE RECEIVED ONE REPORT THAT LI PENG WANTED THE AIRPORT ISSUE SORTED OUT. BUT THE TALKS OF COURSE WITNESSED NO CHINESE WILLINGNESS TO COMPROMISE.
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