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French first meeting broke down

their new

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leader, Paul Ravier, introduced a new ploy

he offered a concession, which the Chinese

inevitably rejected as "not meeting our

requirements", to which he remarked tarṭly

that if the Chinese didn't like it, the

French side would take it back. The French

delegation then went on a series of sight-

seeing trips. But the UK had the senior

Bank of China negotiator, Mr Yu, and the

weaker CLP component. One suspects that the

Bank of China were only too glad to have

the most aggressive and difficult CLP

character in baulk designated for negotiations with the French which were in suspense. But

for the UK, there were a series of meetings,

one or two a day, going over the "requirements"

and "UK positions", while we consulted the

French during the breaks.

features:

Interesting

(a) Exchange of Chairmanship

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Mr Yu

invited the UK to take the chair on alternate

sessions, and observed this meticulously,

even ticking off his own troops. China-

experts remarked that this was an unusual

procedure. But despite the cordial way the

negotiations were conducted, this did put

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