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HOWEVER, THESE TWO IDEAS DID NOT EXHAUST THE POSSIBILITIES. GIVEN COOPERATION AND GOODWILL, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEVISE OTHER SOLUTIONS WHICH WOULD GET RID OF THE EFFECT OF THE 1997 DATE, ON WHICH WE WERE BOTH AT PRESENT HOOKED.
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I ASKED WHAT KE THOUGHT. HE SAID HE HAD NOT DONE RESEARCH INTO THE ISSUE BUT WOULD REPORT TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER.
THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME THINKING.
10. I SUGGESTED IT WAS IMPORTANT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME INFORMAL
REACTIONS FROM SOMEONE ON THE CHINESE SIDE WHO HAD LOOKED INTO THE MATTER. SO FAR ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS WAS THAT WE WERE FAR
FROM CLEAR ON THE CHINESE POSITION.
11. IN CONCLUSION I EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR SECRECY.
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