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ACCEPT THE CHINESE CASE, ZHOU SAID THAT IN DESIGNING THEIR PACKAGE THE CHINESE THEMSELVES HAD BEEN FLEXIBLE. ZHOU ADDED THAT A POINT OF PRINCIPLE WAS INVOLVED ABOUT OLD BOND ISSUES

WHICH HE HOPED THE BRITISH WOULD UNDERSTAND. THE CHINESE HAD

TO STAND FIRM, NOT LEAST BECAUSE THE PROBLEM AFFECTED THEIR POSITION WITHIN OTHER COUNTRIES TOO.

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