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THE TALKS. LU ADDED THAT THE CHINESE WOULD LIKEWISE HAVE JUST ONE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE TALKS AND HKMO AND NCNA OFFICIALS WOULD SERVE ALSO AS ADVISERS AND EXPERTS. COULD IT BE SAID THAT THE HKMAO AND NCNA WOULD BE DOWNGRADED QUERY.

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ON THE NEW AIRPORT, LU RESTATED THE CHINESE POSITION THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT THE PROJECT IF THE BRITISH SIDE STRICTLY ABIDED BY THE MOU. THE QEUSTION NOW WAS THAT THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES DID NOT PROCEED ACCORDING TO THE MOU AND THE DEBTS FOR WHICH THE SARG WOULD BE LIABLE WOULD FAR EXCEED THE MOU PROVISION.

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7. ACCORDING TO MING PAO, LI LANQING HAD CATEGORICALLY DENIED REPORTS THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION HAD DIRECTED ALL NATIONAL ENTERPRISES NOT TO DO BUSINESS WITH JARDINE

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CHONG KONG TELNO 491 REFERS). LI NEVERTHELESS SAID THAT IF SINO- BRITISH RELATIONS REMAINED STRAINED, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT BILATERAL TRADE TIES WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED. HE REITERATED HIS HOPE THAT THE BRITISH WOULD NOT CLOSE THE SECOND DOOR OF THE TALKS.

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