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HONG KONG, AND WE WERE ANXIOUS THAT NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE TO CAST DOUBTS ON THIS. BATISTA SAID THAT HE WOULD GIVE THE MATTER MORE CONSIDERATION, AND REPEATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE ANY SERIOUS PROBLEM OVER WHAT WAS PROPOSED. IT WAS MORE A QUESTION OF TIMING.

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