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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 26120OZ FCO
TELNO 2042
OF 2611OOZ MAY 87
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YOUR TELNOS 1402 AND 1417: FOREST FIRES...
1. THIS MORNING EXCO CONSIDERED WHETHER HONG KONG SHOULD OFFER AD TO CHINA IN THIS EMERGENCY, IF SO, WHAT WE CAN OFFER. IT WAS AGREED THAT WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP, BUT IN KIND RATHER THAN MN CASH.
2. IN RESPONSE TO THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS MADE TO HMA PEKING BY THE
CHINESE MINISTRY OF FORESTY WE CAN OFFER THE FOLLOWING
A) MEDICINE:
40 FOR BURNS
TETRACYCLIN 400,000 TABLETS ERYTHROMYCIN 400,000 TABLETS
*k) VITAMINS
K
B1 160,000 TABLETS
C 3,000,000 TABLETS
(1 M EACH OF 25 MG, 50 MG AND 100 MG)
H) FOR INFLUENZA
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PANADOL
PIRITON
1,000,000 TABLETS 1,000,000 TABLETS
THESE ARE ALL FROM HKG STOCKS.
B) TEMPORARY HOUSING:
THE GARRISON HAS 40 MARQUEES AND 140 GENERAL SERVICE TENTS WHICH
IT CAN SPARE FROM ITS STOCKS. THESE CAN ACCOMMODATE AROUND 2,500
PEOPLE. THEY HAVE BEEN PAID FOR 75 PER CENT BY THE HKG BUT MOD
APPROVAL WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THEIR RELEASE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT
UNDER MOD ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES WE WILL NEED TO PAY THEM THE FULL
COST OF THE TENTS FIRST (AROUND PDS STG 193,000) AND WILL LATER BE
RECREDITED WITH OUR 75 PER CENT SHARE.
C)
CONVENIENCE FOODS:
WE ARE PREPARED TO PURCHASE LOCALLY HK DOLLARS 2 M WORTH OF CONVENIENCE FOODS. THIS WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 200,000 ITEMS OF TINNED AND READY PROCESSED FOOD.
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