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This answer was the front-page lead in the Hong Kong Standard today ("Patten promises 50-year Safeguard") and was also reported, with a little less prominence, in the SCMP and the Chinese language press.
Yous and
Br
عسلنام
(R.J.F. Hoare)
Private Secretary
cc: Mr. Nigel Cox, Peking
Mr. W. Ehrman, PA
Mr. A.R. Paul, UKRep JLG
Mr. Peter Ricketts
Head
Hong Kong Department
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
London
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