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following is text of the commentary to be released with the

messages :

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we understand that, at his press conference in peking on 23

october,mr Lu ping referred to exchanges between british and

chinese ministers in early 1990.

confidential exchanges between governments are not normally

made public. but, in the interests of openness, the secretary of

state has decided that the relevant messages should be made

public

the messages are :

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