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2. (contd)

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(iv) no political considerations were mentioned

by either side during the negotiations, which were conducted on a purely commercial basis.

While the Bank of China's role is limited both in scope and time, their involvement nevertheless has significance as an implicit declaration of confidence in the buoyancy of the housing market in the New Territories in 1983.

CC

J T Masefield Esq FE D, F CO.

ET Davies Esq Peking

Research Department FE Section, F C O

Encl:

Yours ever,

I ain

(I C Orr)

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