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YOUR TELNO 3254 AND OUR TELNO 1892: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: UK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
1.
TYPING ERROR IN ORIGINAL TELEGRAM HAS CAUSED SOME CONFUSION OVER ACTUAL AMOUNTS SPENT. CORRECT FIGURES ARE:
(A)
PROVISION OF MARQUEE TENTS THROUGH ODA ... POUNDS 205,741 (B) PROVISION OF TENTS BY MOD
TOTAL
2.
W
POUNDS 170,446 POUNDS 376,187.
TOTAL AMOUNT FOR DISBURSEMENT IN HONG KONG LESS UK EXPENDITURE AND GARRISON COSTS (POUNDS 400,000) IS THEREFORE POUNDS 3,723,813. THIS AMOUNT WILL BE PAID INTO THE HKG EXCHANGE FUND (B) ACCOUNT ON
6 OCTOBER 1989.
MAJOR
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
15
MINIMAL
HKD
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
15
FINANCE
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