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REACTION, BUT IS, IN OUR VIEW, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE LONG TERM DAMAGE TO THE COMMISSION'S CASE THAN THE ACTION PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION. IF WE WERE TO REVERT TO THE CHINESE ON THE LINES SET OUT IN PARAGRAPHS 7 OF SECOND TUR, THE OUTCOME WOULD BE A PROTRACTED AND ULTIMATELY FRUITLESS WRANGLE, WHICH COULD EVEN HOLD UP THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE OFFICE WHILE DISCUSSIONS WERE TAKING PLACE.
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