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VATICAN POSTING PEOPLE TO HONG KONG, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THEIR DIPLOMATIC SERVICE, TO ASSIST AND LIAISE WITH CARDINAL WU. ADDITIONAL PERSONS APPOINTED TO THE CARDINAL'S STAFF, PROVIDED THE NUMBERS WERE WITHIN REASON, WOULD NOT NORMALLY CONCERN US. BUT THEY COULD NOT AT THE SAME TIME BE GRANTED ANY CONSULAR STATUS OR PRIVILEGES AND WE WOULD SEE PROBLEMS IN THEIR PRESENTING THEM- SELVES AS FORMING SOME KIND OF ''VATICAN OFFICE' IN HONG KONG,
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