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SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, WE INTEND TO REMONSTRATE WITH THEM, EXPRESSING SURPRISE AT THEIR STATEMENT, WHICH WAS ISSUED WITHOUT THEIR HAVING MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO CONVEY THEIR VIEWS PRIVATELY TO US. WE WOULD EXPLAIN THE CONSULTATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN HELD ON OUR PROPOSALS. WE WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE PROPOSALS IN NO SENSE CONFLICT WITH THE OBLIGATIONS IN ANNEX 3 OF THE JOINT DECLARATION (JD 205). WE WOULD REMIND NCNA THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION MAKES CLEAR THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION UNTIL 1997. WE WOULD STATE THAT THIS ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE PUBLICLY IN OUR ADMINISTRATION IS REGRETTABLE.

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