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TELEGRAM NUMBER 171 OF 1 DECEMBER
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615 YOUR TELNO 1268 TO HONG KONG: MAURITIAN INTEREST IN HONG KONG
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1. ON THE BASIS OF HONG KONG TELNO 3 TO US I MADE THE POINT TO BOTH SIR G DUVAL AND ANIL GAYAN EARLY IN NOVEMBER BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR THE FAR EAST. THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO REINFORCE POINT WHEN YOU AND MR RIFKIND SEE DUVAL 7/8 DECEMBER. 2. 1 WILL OF COURSE CONTINUE TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE MAURITIAN GOVERNMENT ARE SENSITIVE TO THE NEED NOT TO PUBLICLY ROCK THE BOAT, FACT HOWEVER REMAINS THAT THEY ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO INCREASE JOBS BY ATTRACTING INWARD INVESTMENT. HONG KONG ENTREPRENEURS ARE ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED AND THE SIGNS ARE THAT MORE WISH TO COME. MAURITIUS WANTS THEM HERE RATHER THAN LOSING THEM TO THEIR COMPETITORS.
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