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FM ULAN BATOR
HKB 020/21
TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TELNO 001
OF 23040OZ MAY 90
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23 MAY 1990
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INFO FCO, BTC HONG KONG, HONG KONG IMMIGRATION
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MDLIAN 3280
GF 2915.
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PROPOSED VISIT TO HONG KONG BY MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC MISSION
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CHOINKHOR, HEAD OF ASIAN DEPT MFA, CALLED ME IN TUESDAY TO SAY THAT A MONGOLIAN 7 MAN MISSION, HEADED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHARAVSAMBUU, WAS PLANNING A STUDY TOUR OF CERTAIN ASIAN COUNTRIES IN EARLY JUNE AND WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO INCLUDE HONG KONG. THE NAMES OF THE OTHER 6 MISSION MEMBERS ARE LISTED IN MIFT. THE MISSION WOULD ARRIVE FROM SINGAPORE BY CX714 ON 10 JUNE AT 1250 AND LEAVE FOR CHINA (SINJEN?) ON 13 JUNE. THE PURPOSE OF THE TOUR WOULD BE TO ACQUAINT MISSION MEMBERS WITH THE WORKINGS OF ASIAN MARKET ECONOMIES AND EXPLORE THE SCOPE FOR MONGOLIAN TRADE WITH THEM. THE MISSION WOULD HOPE FOR A CALL ON THE GOVERNOR AND THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY, AS WELL AS MEETINGS WITH HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN. THEY INCLUDED CATHAY PACIFIC.
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AS YOU MAY KNOW, MONGOLIA IS UNDERGOING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM, A PROCESS WHICH HAS ACCELERATED IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES THAT HERALD A SORT OF MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM AND ELECTIONS IN JULY, AND WITH PERSONNEL CHANGES AT THE TOP OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PARTY THAT BRING IN NEW THINKING.
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ECONOMICALLY THE AIM IS TO OPEN UP THE MONGOLIAN MARKET TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERTISE ON THE ONE HAND AND PUT MONGOLIA GOODS OF ENHANCED QUALITY ETC ON TO THE WORLD MARKET. MONGOLIA IS REASSERTING ITS ASIAN CREDENTIALS FOLLOWING THE SINO- SOVIET RAPPROCHMENT AND THE NORMALISATION OF RELATIONS WITH CHINA. PRESIDENT OCHIRBAT RECENTLY PAID A STATE VISIT TO PEKING. MONGOLIA IS APPLYING TO JOIN THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND VARIOUS OTHER INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. A MONGOLIAN STUDY TEAM UNDER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BY AMBASUREN HAS RECENTLY VISITED THE US AND IS NOW VISITING A NUMBER OF EUOROPEAN COUNTRIES: SIMILARLY, THE MISSION UNDER SHARAVSAMBUU WILL VISIT THAILAND AND SINGAPORE HOPEFULLY HONG KONG, AND CHINA.
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I TOLD CHOINKHOR THAT I WOULD FORWARD THE MONGOLIAN PROPOSAL
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