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Registry No.
DRAFT Letter
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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..In Confidence
Sir David Trench, K.C.M.G.
M.C.,
Government House, Victoria.
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From
Lord Shepherd
Telephone No. & Ext.
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As you know, there is a long history to our
efforts to obtain the Board of Trade's agreement for
British posts overseas to supply the Hong Kong Export
Credit Insurance Corporation with the information they
supply as a matter of routine to the British Export
Department
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Even before the
Corporation was formally established in 1966, approaches
were made to the Board of Trade at the official level
and these had been renewed
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and I undertook to pursue
colleagues
with my (feller Hinister of State) in the Board of
that the request was a
Trade. I agreed
reasonable one and I felt strongly that it should be
as it was a measure of assistance in accord with acceded to, especially art of Her Majesty's
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territory. I have now received the reply to my
The Minister of State
Lord Brown,
representations from
all in the Board of Trade.
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despite his recognition of H.M.G.'s responsibility for
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Hong Kong, he still cannot agree to the information [requested?
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Export Credit Insurance Corporation.
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information, including the informed commentaries on
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