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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
PEARSE LAWLOR, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (EXPORTS) (DE, CALLED HERE ON 20 JUME WITH CHARLES KOO, WHO RECENTLY SET UP AN 10B OFFICE 42 HONG KONG. THE FIRST HEARD OF THIS OFFICE WAS IN MAY WHEN KOO APPEARED AT A TRADE COMMISSION BRIEFING FOR A NORTHERLAND RELAND MASSION. HOT:FICATION FROM THE DE NN BELFAST CAME BY TELEX
24 HOURS LATER.
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2. # EXPLAINED TO LAWLOR (AS HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED TO KOO) THE SENSITIVITIES WITH REGARD TO WARD HIVESTMENT WORK IN HONG KONG. BELIEVE THEY FULLY UNDERSTOOD HMG'S VIEWS ON THIS AND 11 SEE NO REASON WHY KOO SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE HERE IN THE SAME DISCRETE WAY AS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE NORTH EAST. HOWEVER IT SEEMS THAT THE DB HAVE MUCH MORE IN MIND, THEY HAVE APPOINTED BURSON- MARSTELLER (AS PART OF A WORLDWIDE CONTRACT) TO PROMOTE THE IMAGE OF NORTHERN IRELAND IN HONG KONG AND TO PLACE INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL MATERIAL HERE.
3. SO FAR AS INVESTMENT IS CONCERNED 1⁄4 DOUBT IF ANY PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY COULD BE SUFFICIENTLY DIRECTED OR CONTROLLED TO MEET THE LOW PROFILE NEEDS OF THIS SITUATION, REGARDING COMMERCIAL PUBLICITY, WITH ALL DUE MODESTY, THE TRADE COMMISSION IS MUCH BETTER PLACED AND STAFFED THAN DURSON-HARSTELLER TO DISTRIBUTE AND PUBLISH MATERIAL AND TO SPREAD THE WORD AMONG THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THE QUESTION OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND IMAGE HS & POLITICAL BATTER, BUT MY PERSONAL VIER 4S THAT MEDIA COVERAGE OF