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Open square bracketts. FOR IKEDA ONLY. Close square bracketts. You mentioned when we met after Chevening that Mr Hata might send a Letter to Vice Premier Qian Qichen on Hong Kong. If Mr Hosakawa does not have time for a bilateral with President Jiang Zemin in Seattle, it woud be most timely if Mr Hata were to write soon as you suggested.
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