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You have previously avoided a visit to Peking saying
it would not be productive, why will it be productive
now?
The Governor proposed that this was the right time
for me to discuss the position reached with the
Chinese Foreign Minister. Since the Chinese side
have agreed to a meeting, they too obviously think
this is a good time to take stock.
Will you be going with revised proposals/concessions?
No. Not going to negotiate, but to establish the
points of central importance to us, and the need to
make faster progress.
What did OPD(K) agree? Did OPD (K) set deadlines?
Not going to go into substance of OPD (K) discussion
or its conclusions. On deadlines, we have said all
along that it would not be helpful to set deadlines,
but that these discussions cannot go on indefinitely.
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