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34 YOUR TELNO 914: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND HONG KONG
1.
DISCUSSION OF THE ADB AT THE WILSON/KE MEETING AMOUNTED
TO NO MORE THAN A SENTENCE. IN DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE
NEXT JLG WILSON TOLD KE 'WE ARE CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTING TO THE
FOURTH REPLENISHMENT OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND AND WILL
PROBABLY MAKE A REPORT AT JLGIV.' (THE SUGGESTION TO PUT THIS
POINT WAS MADE IN PARA 1(B) OF HONG KONG TELNO 1554.)
2.
WE SUGGEST YOU TELL THE CHINESE THAT THE BRIEF REFERENCE
ABOVE WAS ALL THAT WILSON SAID ON THE ADB. YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WE WERE REFERRING TO THE FOURTH
REPLENISHMENT OF THE ADF AND NOT (NOT) THE BANK'S THIRD GENERAL
CAPITAL INCREASE. IT WOULD BE WORTH ADDING THAT THE CONTRIBUTION WE HAVE IN MIND WOULD REPRESENT NO (NO) ADDITIONAL CONTINGENT
LIABILITY FOR THE PRC AFTER 1997 AS WE INTEND TO ENSURE THAT THE
CONTRIBUTION IS FULLY DISBURSED BEFORE THAT DATE.
HOWE
LIMITED
HKD
FED
MR WILSON.
HRK 10017
RECVE
GISTRY
- 6 JUN 1986
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in Token
AgB 6/6
COPIES TO:-
MR CARTER ODA
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