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245 REMARKS BY JI PENGFE!
1. JI APPARENTLY MADE HIS REMARKS ABOUT THE DEADLINE, REPORTED BY AFP, TO JOURNALISTS DURING THE COURSE OF A RECEPTION HELD
ON 30 SEPTEMBER TO MARK CHINA'S NATIONAL DAY. IN RESPONSE TO PRESS
EQUIRIES HERE WE HAVE TAKEN THE LINE THAT WE CAN NEITHER CON-
FIRM NOR DENY JI'S REMARKS.
2. THERE SEEMS LITTLE DOUBT THAT JI MADE THESE REMARKS.
THEY WERE APPARENTLY NOT HOWEVER THE FIRST PUBLIC MENTION OF CHINAS
INTENTION TO MAKE A UNILATERAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHINESE POLICY
TOWARDS HONG KONG NEXT YEAR SHOULD AGREEMENT OVER THE
TERRITORY'S FUTURE NOT BE REACHED BY THEN. A MINGPAO EDITORIAL
OF 27 SEPTEMBER STATED THAT HU YAOBANG HAD REVEALED THIS
INTENTION, ATTIRUBTING IT TO DENG XIAOPING. IT WAS NOT CLEAR FROM THE EDITORIAL WHEN OR TO WHOM THIS REVELATION WAS MADE.
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