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FM HONG KONG 100915Z JAN 84
TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 66 OF 10 JANUARY
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PLEASE PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
FOR MR. A.D. LOEHNIS
YOUR TELEGRAM THROUGH F. C O NUMBER 37 DATED 9 JANUARY 1984 MUST HAVE CROSSED WITH MY 59 OF THE SAME DATE. IN MY LATEST MESSAGE YOU ASK FOR THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF HONG KONG AND IN THE HONG KONG METROPOLITAN BANK WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPOSURE TO BRAZIL. ALL I CAN DO IS TO GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS WHO PROVIDED THE INFORMATION I PASSED ON TO YOU IN TELEGRAM NUMBER59. THEY ARE:
(A) THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF HONG KONG LTD.:
ROBIN Y.H. CHAN, VICE CHAIRMAN
AND MANAGING DIRECTOR.
(B) HONG KONG METROPOLITAN BANK (NOW GOES UNDER THE NAME OF
BANK OF CREDIT AND COMMERCE):
2.
SYED MAZHAR ABBAS, GENERAL MANAGER.
IN MY EARLIER MESSAGE, I SAID THAT NO RESPONSE HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE BANK OF CANTON. THEY HAVE NOW REPLIED AS FOLLOWS:
''THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER OF 23RD DECEMBER
CONCERNING THE BRAZILIAN FINANCING PLAN.
THE BANK OF CANTON HAS INFORMED THE BRAZIL ADVISORY GROUP THAT WE WILL COMMIT TO OUR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE PROPOSED 1984 NEW DEPOSIT FACILITY''.
KINDEST REGARDS. DOUGLAS BLYE.
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