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HONGKONG MAY 24 REUTER CHINESE COMMUNIST AND BRITISH OFFICIALS MET THIS WEEK AT CANTON FOR TALKS THOUGHT BY OBSERVERS HERE TO FORESHADOW THE RESUMPTION OF TRAIN SERVICES ACROSS THE HONGKONG BORDER FROM KOWLOON TO CANTON.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT A "FULL AND FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS" HAD TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN BRITISH AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KOWLOON -CANTON RAILWAY.
USUALLY RELIABLE SOURCES SAID THE CHINESE CALLED THE CONFERENCE. THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THE WAILWAY, WHICH RUNS FROM HONGKONG'S MAINLAND TERMINUS, KOWLOON, TO SOUTH CHINA'S LEADING CITY, CANTON, HAS BEEN SUSPENDED SINCE THE COMMUNISTS OCCUPIED CANTON LAST OCTOBER.
BUT TRAINS HAVE BEEN RUNNING TO VILLAGE STATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER, AND PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN CROSSING THE BORDER ON FOOT. MORE.1111
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TODAY'S GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT SAID IT WAS TOO EARLY
TO DISCLOSE DETAILS OF THE TALKS.
BUT IT ADDED THAT CORRESPONDENCE AND TELEPHONE TALKS BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH RAILWAY ADMINISTRATIONS HAD SINCE BEGUN.
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