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THAT WE SHOULD PRESS FOR A MEETING WITH JI PENGFEI, WHO IS SENIOR TO WU AND HEAD OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL. I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD ASK FOR A MEETING WITH DENG XIAOPING. BUT GIVEN THE LOWER GENERAL PROFILE WHICH HE HAS RECENTLY ADOPTED AND THE FACT THAT HE HAS MET MO FOREIGN LEADERS DURING RECENT MONTHS, I CANNOT BE SURE THAT SUCH A MEETING WOULD TURN OUT TO BE POSSIBLE.

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