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(b)
55 per cent
of those in favour of a deadline
would set it before the end of 1993.
PBR/ATV Poll, 6 October
(c)
52 per cent
agreed that "we now have only
weeks rather than months to conclude the
talks". (35 per cent disagreed.)
PBR Poll, 7/8 October
(a) 57 per cent agreed that a deadline should be
set for the talks. (36 per cent disagreed.)
12.
probably
Acceptance of the need to set a deadline is
linked to the community's refusal to be deterred by
suggestions of CPG retaliation in the event of a breakdown
in Sino-UK talks on constitutional issues:
PBR Poll, 7/8 October
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happen
(a) 60 per cent were not worried about a lack of
CPG economic
collapsed.
cooperation if the Peking talks
(b) 78 per cent were not worried about a CPG
takeover of the territory before 1997 if the
Peking talks collapsed.
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