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1. UNLESS PRESSED AT THE MIDDAY NEWS CONFERENCE, WE HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THE WISDOM OF VOLUNTEERING COMMENT ON THE DISOBLIGING ARTICLE IN THE ''PEOPLE'S DAILY''. WITH SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL AROUND, A FURTHER STATEMENT, HOWEVER ROBUST, WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO BE THE END OF THE MATTER.

2. IF OBLIGED TO COMMENT WE WOULD PREFER TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE NEED FOR A CALM AND REASONABLE EXCHANGE ON GOVERNMENT-TO- GOVERNMENT CHANNELS, RATHER THAN SNIPING VIA THE PRESS, BEFORE DEPLOYING THE DETAILED LINE DEVELOPED FROM UKREP JLG TLNO 248.

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