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3. WEN WE PO'S FRONT-PAGE LEAD WAS A STORY FILED BY HITS CORRESPONDENT HAN PEKING WHICH SAND THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WAS SPREADING WITHIN CHINA THE MESSAGE OF ITS UNTENTHON TO RECOVER SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG. NOT ONLY HAD THE NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS AND RADIO BROADCASTS THROUGHOUT CHINA USED STATEMENTS

-SSUED BY NONA AND THE PEOPLES DAHLY ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE, BUT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HSSUED 4 SEPTEMBER A NATHON-WIDE CHRCULAR TO ALL CADRES AND WORKERS EXPLAINING THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE HISTORY OF THE THREE UNEQUAL TREATIES AND CHINA'S POSITION ON THEM. THE STORY ALSO REFERRED TO A RESEARCH PAPER PUBLISHED EARLHER THIS MONTH BY THE CENTRAL PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT RENTERATING THE PRACTICABILITY OF ONE STATE, TWO SYSTEMS''.

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