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O THE INTERNATIONAL ANTIHEGEMONY STRUGGLE, WILL THE APPROPRIATE

TIM O SETTLE THE ISSUE OF HONG KONG AND MACAU COME AFTER THIS STRUGGLE TAKES A TURNING POINT WHICH IS EXTREMELY FAVORABLE TO THE CHINESE?

IT APPEARS, HOWEVER, THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE ANTIHEGEMONY STRUGGLE TO REACH A MAJOR TURNING POINT WITHIN

THE NEXT 8 OR 10 YEARS; AND THE NATIONWIDE MODERNIZATION

PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLFILLED ONLY AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS CF ARDUOUS EFFORT,

NEVERTHELESS, ALL THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE

TO GUESS AT THE TIME FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU PROBLEM;

IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE RECOVERY OF TAIWAN BY PEKING WILL

PRECEDE THAT OF HONG KONG AND MACAU, REPORTEDLY THIS STEP WAS LAID DOWN BY MAC TSE-TUNG,

AS FOR THE "APPROPRIATE WAY" OF SETTLING THE HONG KONG AND MACAU PROBLEM JUDGING FROM PASTITHINESE STATEMENTS, THE BRITISH

RULE IS TO BE ENDED BY POLITICAL MEANS, THROUGH PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS.

FEW WOULD DISAGREE ON THIS POINT:

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