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ELECTIONS, HKG WOULD DOUBTLESS NEED TO RESPOND: WORST SCENARIO

WAS CHINESE INTERFERENCE AT THAT STAGE. PAO THOUGHT CHINESE

UNDERSTOOD THIS: INFORMAL DIALOGUE WAS IMPORTANT. WILSON SAID WE

HAD MADE REASONABLE PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING SUCH A DIALOGUE IN

HONG KONG. FINALLY, WILSON STRESSED NEED FOR CHINESE

REPRESENTATIVES TO BE CAREFUL IN THEIR STATEMENTS ABOUT HONG

KONG. PAO THOUGHT CHINESE NOW REALISED THIS: JI PENGFEI HAD BEEN

MORE CAREFUL.

HOWE

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