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IN CHINA.

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(F) PARAGRAPH 14 REPLACE LAST SENTENCE BY HMG SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND ACT ON YOUR VIEWS.

''IMPORTANT TOO THAT

THAT IS WHY I AM

HERE.''

(G) FINAL PARAGRAPH. THE MESSAGE OF THE LAST FEW PARAGRAPHS OF

THE SPEECH IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, BUT THE QUOTATION WITH WHICH THE

SPEECH ENDS DOES NOT SEEM TO STRIKE QUITE THE RIGHT NOTE. PEOPLE

IN HONG KONG DO HAVE GENUINE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ARGUABLY

GENUINE GROUNDS FOR CONCERN. THE ROOSAVELT QUOTATION MIGHT BE SEEN

AS DISMISSING THESE IN A RATHER PATRONISING WAY.

WILSON

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