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letter
To:-
Address as at (1) on HKK 6/13
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From
Mr. Wilford
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
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miracure commercial ant
The continuing growth of economic activity in Hong
such Aleat
Kong has been presenting their Department of Commerce
and Industry, the equivalent of the Board of Trade
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a dependent territory, but with her arrange-
the Toranial fexrvement is not supplied with the commercial mento, she does not see a great deal of information acaronic spot which issue from aur crevrees pists & are support which would normally be readily available to a countrỳ saust to them
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with her own overseas Missions. Hong Kong in fact only
has four overseas representatives (London, Washington,
No- Geneva (GATT) and Brussels (EEC)).
Embassy
The Department of Commerce and Industry is frequently
faced with an urgent need to form a view on some action
anfronted
or policy of foreign government, or to prepare a brief
com macial
Unfortunately the "Financial
for her negotiators.
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Times" does not provide all the services its advertise-
ments claim, and Arthur Maddocks, our Political Adviser
help to in Hong Kong, has asked if certain posts could supply
the information required. A secondary reason for
wanting such information is that, While senior members
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of the Department have travelled widely, many of the
younger staff have only a limited knowledge of the
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countries constituting Hong Kong's important markets,
and to read reports on them is a necessary part of
their "education".
All the appropriate FCO Departments have been con-
sulted, and no objections to this request have been
raised by them. The only problem raised by the
/ Departments ...