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ULAN BATOR, WHO WOULD THEN TAKE THIS UP ON MONGOLIA'S BEHALF WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE FCO. SHARAVSAMBU SAID HE HOPED THERE WOULD BE CHARTER FLIGHTS BETWEEN THE 2 TERRITORIES SOON (SEE BELOW).
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NARANKHUU (ECONOMIST IN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS) SAID A GREAT PROBLEM IN THE GOVERNMENT WAS ITS LACK OF ENGLISH SPEAKERS. THEY WERE TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS AND WERE INVITING SOME AMERICAN TEACHERS TO HELP WITH THIS. I SUGGESTED BRITISH TEACHERS WERE THE REAL THING SEMI COLON HE LAUGHED AND SAID THEY WOULD BE
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5. KHADKHUU (DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, STATE COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT) SAID MONGOLIA HAD A LOT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THEM, GREATER LITERACY OUTSIDE ULAN BATOR BEING IMPORTANT, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT WERE ALSO
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6. JARGALSAIKHAN (SECRETARY TO DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER) SAID THE ELECTIONS WOULD BE A CLOSE RUN THING. HE AND THE YOUNGER CIVIL SERVANTS WERE NOT PARTY MEMBERS, BUT THE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE TRIP WERE. ULAN BATOR WAS ANTI COMMUNIST, AND 40 PER CENT OF THE 2 MILLION POPULATION WERE THERE, BUT THE VOTE MIGHT BE SPLIT AND INEXPERIENCED POLITICIANS MIGHT MAKE MISTAKES. IN THE RURAL AREAS PARTY STRENGTH WOULD ENSURE THE DEMOCRATS WERE DEFEATED.
7. I WAS LEFT IN NO DOUBT THAT THE YOUNGER MONGOLIANS (EVEN, OR PERHAPS ESPECIALLY, THOSE EDUCATED LIKE JARGALSAIKHAN IN THE USSR) WERE ALL FOR DEMOCRACY AND CAPITALISM. ALMOST ALL THE GROUP WERE SOCIALIST TRAINED ECONOMISTS AND 2 REGRETTED THEY STILL FOUND UNDERSTANDING CAPITALIST ECONOMIES HARD GOING.
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I MENTIONED THAT I HOPED TO VISIT MONGOLIA IN EARLY AUGUST (CIRCA 7-14 AUGUST, DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY OF A CAMP BED WITH YOU) AND JARGALSAIKHAN AND KHADKHUU GAVE ME THEIR WORK AND HOME NUMBERS TO CONTACT.
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RICHARD STIRLAND (CORPORATE DIRECTOR) OF CATHAY PACIFIC SAID THE MONGOLIANS HAD RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF CHARTERS WITH HIM. IN ESSENCE CATHAY (LIKE OTHER CARRIERS) WOULD LIKE A HONG KONG/LONDON ROUTE WITH OVER FLYING RIGHTS FROM CHINA, MONGOLIA AND THE USSR, AND MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN AN OCCASIONAL CHARTER IF THIS WERE NOT TOO EXPENSIVE IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND EASED THE SPEED AND THE COST OF MONGOLIAN OVERFLYING RIGHTS. BUT THEY REALLY
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