Word: jointly
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Ferraro and Mandate kick off early with a joint jaunt...
...makings of "a historic agreement." It would convert Hong Kong into an "autonomous special administrative zone" that could continue to be a bastion of freewheeling capitalism for at least 50 years after the 1997 handover. The terms of the agreement would be strictly monitored by a bilateral Joint Liaison Group, which would be formed once the treaty is signed. The proposed deal apparently satisfied both parties. If Peking could rejoice in the return of the capitalist jewel, London could be pleased that its elusive opponent seemed responsive to so specific and binding an agreement. Said a top British official...
...creation of a Joint Liaison Group would be a compromise between Britain's desire to have no monitoring body during the transition period and China's demand for a commission that would operate as a kind of shadow government. According to Howe, the group would include five Chinese and five British representatives; it would meet in Peking, London and Hong Kong until 1988 and then establish its principal base in Hong Kong until 2000. It would try to ease the transition from British to Chinese rule both before and after 1997, and to ensure full compliance with...
General John Vessey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, cited some indications of improved combat readiness...
This latest diplomatic crisis began when the Soviet news agency TASS said that Moscow had proposed a joint statement that would commit the superpowers to negotiate on "the prevention of militarization of space." TASS also said the Soviets wanted to introduce a moratorium on the testing and deployment of antisatellite weapons and space-based missiles when proposed negotiations are scheduled to begin on Sept. 18 in Vienna. The Administration, however, also wants to look at "offensive" weapons, namely intermediate and intercontinental missiles, and it opposes the suggested moratorium since the U.S. has no operating antisatellite system and the Soviet Union...