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APPLICATIONS: THIS CONSTITUTED LEGAL GROUNDS TO REFUSE THEM

PERMISSION.

11. QIAO THEN REFERRED TO THE JOINT DECLARATION. HONG KONG WAS IN A TRANSITIONAL STAGE. THE JD SAID BOTH SIDES SHOULD HOLD CONSULTATIONS ON SOLVING PROBLEMS LEFT OVER FROM HISTORY. HE AGAIN ASKED THE BRITISH AND HK GOVERNMENTS TO FULFILL THEIR PROMISES REPEATED ON MANY OCCASIONS.

12. EHRMAN SAID THAT THE JD SPECIFICALLY GUARANTEED FREEDOM OF SPEECH POST 1997. THE POLICE WERE FULLY AWARE OF THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE PROVISIONS. THEY WERE FULLY ABLE TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC ORDER, A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HKG BETWEEN NOW AND 1997.

COMMENT

13. THERE WAS NOTHING NEW IN QIAO'S MESSAGE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS DELIVERED AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN PREVIOUS NCNA DEMARCHES.

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DISTRIBUTION

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CONSULAR D

LIMITED

FED

NEWS D

INFO D

PUSD

RAD

ECD (E)

HKD

SEAD

SAD

SOVIET D

KIEV UNIT COMED

EED

JAU/EED

UND

ECONOMIC ADVISERS

PLANNERS

DEFENCE D

PS

PS/MR MAUDE

PS/MR WALDEGRAVE

PS/MRS CHALKER

PS/PUS

MR P J WESTON

CHIEF CLERK

MR MOSS

MR MCLAREN

MR BURNS

MR GREENSTOCK

MR CARRICK

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