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FROM PEKING 080838Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2724 OF 8/11/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
Mw.hike
MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING AND
HONG KONG.
1. LIKE THE GOVERNOR AM NOT PARTICULARLY ATTACHED TO SUPERGLUE (HONG KONG TELNO 3379). A MICRO-COMPUTER (EG INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEM OF ICL AS PROPOSED BY BTC HONG KONG HIN THEIR TELNO 126) STRIKES ME AS AN IMAGINATIVE PROPOSAL. SINCLAIR'S NEW POCKET TELEVISION SET WOULD ALSO, THINK, APPEAL TO CHINESE LEADERS, PERHAPS #N CONJUNCTION WITH THEMR QL COMPUTER, FOR WHICH THE TV SET CAN ACT AS A MONITOR. (BOTH HCL AND SINCLAIR WOULD, WE SUSPECT, BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE SUCH EQUIPMENT GRATIS).
2. ZHAO ZHYANG IS KNOWN TO BE PERSONALLY VERY INTERESTED IN COMPUTERS AND THEIR USES.
EVANS
HKK 040/57 ник 04057
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0 9 NOV 1984
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