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Bill Clinton: Well, it's a concern, I think. But we don't know yet that they intend to violate the agreement. They may be concerned…

On the recordJune 30, 1997
Well, it's a concern, I think. But we don't know yet that they intend to violate the agreement. They may be concerned about disruption, disorder. We'll just have to see what happens. But we will monitor it very closely. And everybody in the world knows what the agreement was--it's probably the most well-publicized agreement of its kind in modern history--and everybody has a pretty good feel for not only the economic but the political system of Hong Kong.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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