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6. CPA DO NOT FEEL THAT MERELY PARTICIPATING IN AS TALKS IN PEKING WILL PREJUDICE THIER SERVICES TO TAIWAN. THEIR, AND OUR, CONCERN HAS BEEN ABOUT STATEMENTS ON THE STATUS OF TAIWAN WHICH COULD CAUSE EXTREME OFFENCE TO THE NATIONALIST AUTHORITIES.

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