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AND ITS AGENDA WOULD HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE BRITISH SIDE.

23. HKMAO VICE DIRECTOR WANG QIREN INDICATED (1.6.93) WHETHER THE JLG MEETING WOULD BE HELD IN JUNE DEPENDED ON THE BRITISH SIDE'S SINCERITY AND WHETHER A GOOD ATMOSPHERE WAS CREATED BEFORE THE MEETING. HE SAID IT WAS REGRETTABLE AND SURPRISING THAT LEGCO HAD PASSED THE BEC BILL AT A TIME WHEN TALKS WERE ONGOING. HE WAS QUOTED AS DESCRIBING THE MOVE AS A ''FALSE START'' AND SAID IT WOULD DEFINITELY AFFECT THE TALKS.

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