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AND DAB (OUR TELNO 2960), LU SAID THAT QIAN HAD MERELY SAID THAT UNDER THE MOU, THE NEXT HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE TWO FOREIGN MINISTER WOULD BE IN MARCH. QIAN ADDED THAT WHETHER THERE WOULD BE SUCH A MEETING WOULD DEPEND ON THE ATTITUDE OF THE BRITISH SIDE. LU SAID HE HAD NOT SEEN ANY SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT IN SINO- BRITISH RELATIONS.
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5. LU REFUSED TO BE DRAWN ON WHETHER THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT WOULD BE BUILT BY 1997, BUT RESTATED THE CHINESE POSITION ON THE NEED FOR A NEW AIRPORT IN HONG KONG.
6. TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WILL FOLLOW BY FAX TO HKD (BUNTEN) AND PEKING (ROGAN).
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