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5. A FRONT PAGE STORY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SOUTH CHINA MORNING
POST SUGGESTED THAT BRITAIN HAD MISSED THE CHANCE OF A BREAKTHROUGH IN LAST WEEK'S TALKS. QUOTING ''RELIABLE SOURCES THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT MR XU JHATUN OF THE NCNA HAD MADE DISCREET OVERTURES IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MR ALLEN LEE. XU IS REPORTED TO
HAVE IMPLIED THAT CHINA WAS PREPARED TO SOFTEN ITS TOUGH STAND,
BUT THE BRITISH SIDE HAD NOT FULLY GRASPED THIS NEGOTIATING
POINT. HAD THEY DONE SO MORE PROGRESS WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE.
YOUDE
LEGAL ADVISER
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