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1 IN CONSIDERING WHAT WE SAY PUBLICLY AND TO THE CHINESE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE NEXT MEETING BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND QIAN QICHEN, WE NEED TO BEAR THAT, ALTHOUGH THE AIRPORT MOU REFERRED ONLY TO TWICE-YEARLY MEETINGS, THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND LI PENG ON 3 SEPTEMBER 1991 WELCOMED THE MOU'S PROVISION (SIC) THAT THEIR FOREIGN MINISTERS WOULD MEET AT SIX-MONTHLY INTERVALS''.

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