UNCLASSIFIED
130765
MDADAN 01
WITHOUT ANY PROVISION ON THE THROUGH TRAIN WAS UNACCEPTABLE, POINTING OUT THAT SUCH REMARKS WERE NOT POSITIVE OR CONDUCIVE TO THE TALKS. THE ARTICLE STATED THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE THROUGH TRAIN WAS CONVERGENCE WITH THE BL AND NOT CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE PRESENT COLONIAL STRUCTURE AND 1997. IF THE BRITISH SIDE WANTED TO HAVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION, THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT THE FORMATION AND THE MEMBERS OF THE 1995 LEGISLATURE MEETING THE GUIDELINES LAID DOWN IN THE BL. THEY SHOULD NOT DIVERT FORM THE PRINCIPLE OF THE 'THREE CONFORMITIES' AND RAISED ANY UNREASONABLE DEMANDS. PEOPLE WHO QUOTED BL 104 AS THE CRITERIA FOR THE THROUGH TRAIN' ONLY SHOWED THEIR IGNORANCE OVER THE BL.
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Oh really?
so far includes Jiang Enzhu then?
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