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PEKING TELNO 1302: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES: MESSAGE TO LU PING.

1. I AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER, BOTH IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S SPEAKING NOTE AND IN MY MESSAGE TO LU PING, TO SAY THAT THE PROPOSALS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF THE BASIC LAW RATHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEM.

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