GRPS 889
PRIORITY
YPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 070755%
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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RECIS #:
- 8 NOV 1973
HKK 21/2
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Mr. Goodfellow (0.6.)
TO PRIORITY TOKYO TELNO 85 OF 7TH NOVEMBER, 1973. INFO PRIORITY F C O
AND D T 1.
LAST
HONG KONG REGISTER OF SHIPPING.
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A MEETING WAS HELD IN HONG KONG ON 24TH OCTOBER WITH REPRESENT- ATIVES OF SEVEN JAPANESE SHIPBUILDERS TO DISCUSS THE VISIT OF THE D.T.I. TEAM TO JAPANESE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS. THESE REPRESENTAT-
IVES FELT THAT THE VISIT SHOULD BE PLANNED BY THE SHIPBUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN AND THIS LED TO MR, LEE'S LETTER OF 25TH OCTOBER. SUBSEQUENTLY IT WAS NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE DATES OF THE VISIT AND A FURTHER LETTER DATED 2ND NOVEMBER, 1973 WAS SENT GIVING DETAILS, THE TEXT OF THESE LETTERS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
(A) LETTER OF 25TH OCTOBER TO SAJ.
''A UNITED KINGDOM D.T.I. TEAM IS INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY
OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT REGISTER OF SHIPPING FOR
HONG KONG. IF THIS REGISTER WERE ESTABLISHED, IT IS PROBABLE THAT
MANY SHIPS BUILT IN JAPAN FOR HONG KONG OWNERS WOULD BE REGISTERED
IN HONG KONG, THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND RADIO EQUIPMENT OF THESE SHIPS WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH U.K. STANDARDS, AND IT MAY NOT BE CONVENIENT FOR SHIPBUILDERS IN JAPAN OR THE SHIPOWNERS CONCERNED TO HAVE ALL THESE EQUIPMENTS SUPPLIED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.
TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM, THE UNITED KINGDOM D.T.I. TEAM IS
PLANNING TO VISIT SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND RADIO EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS IN JAPAN TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF TYPE TESTING OF THESE EQUIP-
MENT FOR U.K. ACCEPTANCE DURING THE PERIOD 18TH NOVEMBER TO 1ST
DECEMBER 1973. AND WE SHALL APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE IN ARRANGING SUCH A VISIT AS TIME IS VERY LIMITED.
THE TEAM WOULD LIKE TO VISIT EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS WITHIN THE AREA TOK YO/YOKOHAMA/OSAKA/KOBE AND ALSO TO DISCUSS THE
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