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5. THE PRESIDENT INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT INTEND TO LINK CHINESE PERFORMANCE OVER HONG KONG TO MFN RENEWAL. HE AGREED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHINESE MUST REALISE THAT WESTERN ATTITUDES TO CHINA WOULD DEPEND CRITICALLY ON THE POLICY CHINA ADOPTED TOWARDS HONG KONG UP

TO AND ESPECIALLY AFTER 1997.

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