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C) THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC'S LIBERAL RECORD WAS WELL KNOWN, BUT IN THE PRESENT SITUATION HE DID NOT SEE WHY HIS COUNTRY SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO BE ANY KINDER TO HONG KONG THAN ITS OUR 'MOTHERLAND'' WAS.

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