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UNCLASSIFIED
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER
INF/EPH
OF 10090OZ AUGUST 90
UNCLASSIFIED
27
053662 MDTTAN 6067
Mr.
Mille
HKB 020/2
This is
pesumably B+ FED a
alswer
WWII
a
139
is sche
GRACT 1990
FROM C W OSBORNE, BTC HONG KONG FOLLOWING FOR CLAIMS DEPT,
JAPAN
I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE LOCAL RADIO STATION TO COMMENT ON BEHALF OF
HMG ON THE ONGOING PROBLEM THAT EXISTS HERE OVER PEOPLE HOLDING JAPANESE MILITARY NOTES ISSUED DURING WORLD WAR II. THE INTEREST FOLLOWS A PROTEST BY THE 2000 STRONG REPARATION ASSOCIATION TO THE HK GOVT. THEY HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN TOLD BY THE JAPANESE CONSULATE THAT
JAPAN HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY TO REDEEM THE NOTES AS ALL OUTSTANDING CLAIMS WERE CONSIDERED SETTLED UNDER THE 1951 PEACE TREATY?
I COULD OF COURSE REFUSE TO COMMENT IF THAT WERE DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
BUT I ASSUME THERE MUST BE GENERAL GUIDANCE TO CATER FOR CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS THIS. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ADVICE, IF
POSSIBLE BY 14 AUGUST.
SIGNED: CHRIS OSBORNE
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
N N N N
Mws Cooley
Please send this to FED
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