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A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO CAUSE MORE MISCHIEF.

5. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL NOT TO GIVE LEGCO MEMBERS AN EXAGGERATED SENSE OF THE INFLUENCE THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BRING TO BEAR NOR TO DO ANYTHING TO FUEL ANY FURTHER CHINESE SUSPICIONS THAT THIS CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION HAS BEEN WHIPPED UP BY THE BRITISH SIDE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE INFLUENCE AFTER 1997.

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