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AN EDITORIAL PAYING TRIBUTE TO SIR P. CRADOCK'S PROMOTION OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS OVER THE PAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. HE HAD BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ARRANGING THE EXCHANGE OF VISITS BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AND HIS MEETING WITH ZHAO ZIYANG ON 20 DECEMBER SERVED AS A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF FRIENDLY SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS. THE EDITORIAL CONSIDERED SIR P. CRADOCK'S DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY QUOTE THE MORE PRACTICAL ATTITUDE UNQUOTE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RECENTLY.

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