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HICK 04012
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
2 5 FEB 1981
DESK OFFICER INDEX
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DESKBY 230930 Z
FM B T C HONG KONG 210410Z FEB 81
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER BTC 25 OF 21 FEBRUARY
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TELNO 175 OF 20 FEBRUARY PARA4.
THIS UNDERSTATES THE CASE. IN 1980 HONG KONG WAS BRITAIN'S SECOND LARGEST MARKET IN ASIA TAKING 93.6 PER CENT OF EXPORTS TO JAPAN. BRITISH EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE VALUED AT PDS STG 597 MILLION AND TO HONG KONG AT PDS STG 559.4 MILLION
MARCH
LIMITED
HK & GD
FED
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/LORD TREFGARNE
PS/PUS
SIR E YOUDE
MR DONALD
COPIES TO
MR FORD
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON