RESTRICTED
LAST FOR AS LONG AS ONE YEAR AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A THIRD
PHASE. HE IS ALSO QUOTED AS HAVING SAID THAT THE RECENT ROUND OF
TALKS WERE QUOTE EXCELLENT UNQUOTE AND THAT THE NEXT ROUND TO BE
HELD ON 25 JULY WOULD BE QUOTE EVEN MORE EXCELLENT UNQUOTE.
4. THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL (INDEPENDENT) IN REPORTING LI JUSHENG'S REMARKS ALSO QUOTED QUOTE DIPLOMATIC SOURCES IN PEKING UNQUOTE AS HAVING SAID THAT CHINESE NEGOTIATORS HAD EXPLICITLY TOLD THEIR BRITISH COUNTERPARTS DURING THE RECENT TALKS THAT THEY
HOPED THE ENTIRE TALKS WOULD BE CONCLUDED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1984.
BOTH SIDES HAD AGREED THAT THE SECOND PHASE OF TALKS WOULD LAST FOR 1 1/2 MONTHS BUT HAD YET TO DECIDE HOW MANY SESSIONS WOULD
BE REQUIRED FOR THIS PHASE.
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