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WITH THE HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE THIS CO-OPERATION DEVELOPED FURTHER. MATSUURA WELL UNDERSTOOD THE NEED FOR HKG AND THE CONSULATE GENERAL TO GET TOGETHER IN SLOWER TIME TO SEE IF AN INSTRUMENT COULD BE WORKED OUT THAT AVOIDED THE HAZARDS DESCRIBED IN PARA. 5 ABOVE. MEANWHILE, HE SAID, THE JAPANESE HAD BEEN GLAD TO NOTE THE FCO WIEW THAT THERE WAS NO LEGAL BAR TO A HONG KONG/JAPAN INSTRUMENT.

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