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HKB 243/11
136356 MDHOAN 8876
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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 11010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 810
OF 101635Z APRIL 89
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
11-13
CH
YOUR TELNOS 1144-1146: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: FINANCE
1.
WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION IN TURS, WHICH WE ARE NOW STUDYING. ONE QUESTION WHICH OCCURS TO US IS HOW THE ESTIMATE OF HKD 50 MILLION IN SECOND TUR IS REFLECTED IN THIRD TUR? WE HAVE IDENTIFIED HKD 20 MILLION FOR QUOTE OTHER CONTINGENCY ACCOMMODATION UNQUOTE UNDER CAPITAL ESTIMATES FOR 1989/90. IS THE REMAINING HKD 30 MILLION SUBSUMED IN THE RECURRENT ESTIMATES?
2. THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THE TEXT OF PARA 2 OF THIRD TUR REFERS TO QUOTE ARRIVALS OF ABOUT 1,000 UNQUOTE. WE ASSUME THIS IS A TRANSMISSION ERROR, AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION OF WHAT THE FIGURE SHOULD BE.
3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A RESPONSE IF POSSIBLE DESKBY
1109OOZ.
HOWE
YYYY
MAIN
96
DISTRIBUTION
102
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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