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DOUBTS ABOUT OUR SINCERITY IN WANTING TO COOPERATE WITH

CHINA OVER HONG KONG AND TO HAND OVER HONG KONG AS A GOING CONCERN.

ANDREW BURNS WILL MAKE THE SAME POINTS TO THE SINGAPORE HIGH COMMISSIONER WHEN HE CALLS ON 15 OCTOBER.

5. FOR BACKGROUND, YOU MAY LIKE TO SEE AN INTERVIEW LEE DID WITH THE HONG KONG SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST OF 25 SEPTEMBER ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK ON CHINA AND HONG KONG AFTER TIANANMEN (BEING FAXED TO YOU).

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