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HUB 02677
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MDLOAN 3026
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 446
FEB 1988 TOP COPY
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OF 19104OZ FEBRUARY 88
OUR TELNO 407: YOUR OVERSEAS TRAVEL PLANS
1.
IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED HERE THAT ON ONE OF YOUR VISITS TO LONDON YOU MIGHT SEE SIR JAMES CLEMINSON, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOTB, AND LORD LIMERICK, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH INVISIBLE EXPORTS COUNCIL. THIS WOULD SEEM PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE AS PART OF YOUR OCTOBER VISIT, GIVEN ITS STRONG FOCUS ON TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION.
2.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL FOR YOU TO ADDRESS THE BOTB OR ITS MEETING OF AREA ADVISORY GROUPS, HAD EITHER BEEN MEETING AT THAT TIME. THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT THE CASE: BUT NO DOUBT EITHER SIR JAMES CLEMINSON OR LORD LIMERICK WOULD BE GLAD TO MAKE AD HOC ARRANGEMENTS.
3.
WE HAVE IN MIND BOTH WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND HELPFUL TO LEARN
FROM THESE TWO BODIES OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF BRITISH VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE EXPORTERS, AND ALSO WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL THEM ABOUT HONG KONG IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INCREASING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION BEING PAID TO THE NICS.
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