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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 718
OF 07094OZ MARCH 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
YOUR TELNO 444 : ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND.
APOLOGIES: THE THOUGHT WAS EXCESSIVELY CONDENSED. HAVING BUILT UP CHINESE SUPPORT IN THE JLG FOR OUR CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP IN THE ADB, WE ARE NATURALLY ANXIOUS NOT TO LOSE THEIR CONFIDENCE AGAIN BY SOME INSUFFICIENTLY CONSIDERED MOVE IN THE BANK E.G. BY ANY ACTION THAT MIGHT CONCEIVABLY SUGGEST TO THEM THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE THEM FOR A FINANCIAL RIDE POST 1997 OR THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO EXCEED THE LIMITS OF PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY ON WHICH THEY HAD BEEN BRIEFED IN THE JLG.
2. HN PRACTICE WE AGREE THAT OUR PROPOSED ACTION SHOULD DO NEITHER. WE ARE REASSURED BY THE COMMENT IN PEKING TELNO 337. PROVIDED WE
INFORM THE CHINESE IN THE RIGHT MANNER AND AT THE RIGHT TIME (AND WILSON AGREES THAT WE SHOULD) WE DO NOT SEE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. WE SHALL RECOMMEND IN DUE COURSE EXACTLY HOW AND WHEN TO APPROACH THE
CHINESE.
YOUDE
HKK102/7
EGISTRY
10 MAR 1986
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
DEP/HD PUSD
PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
MR HUM FID
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