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DECLINED TO VERIFY THIS REPORT. HE SAID THAT JARDINE WAS ONLY CONCERNED WITH BUSINESS ACTIVITIES NOT POLITICS. THE CHINESE SIDE ALSO HOPED JARDINE WOULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN CHINA AND HK AFTER 1997. THE CHINESE SOURCE INDICATED THAT THE VISIT SIGNIFIED A RESUMPTION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND JARDINE, BUT CHINA WOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE ACTIONS OF JARDINE.

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13. BOTH MING PAO AND WAH KIU YAT PO REPORTED TODAY THAT SIR POWELL HAD RAISED CT9. THE PAPER QUOTED SOURCES AS SAYING THAT WANG QUIREN SAID THAT THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVING THE FRANCHISE. WAH KIU YAT PO QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES ON MONDAY AS SAYING THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD SHORTLY MAKE AN ECONOMIC MOVE THAT WOULD BENEFIT BRITAIN AND FACILITATE THE TALKS.

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