UNCLASSIFIED
FM BOSTON
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1
OF 2120OOZ AUGUST 90
UNCLASSIFIED
INFO ROUTINE FCO AND WASHINGTON
REC
Ref
HARB 026/7
90
162
106541
MDLIAN 4724
1G-1
OFFICE;
NEW YORK
COPIED (BY FAX) TO HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE
(FOR KERRY MCGLYNN)
89 RUB 026/4 (14)
MY TELNO 1 OF 2 JUNE 1989: MARTIN FELDSTEIN
1. AS FORESEEN IN TUR, FELDSTEIN WILL VISIT HONG KONG IN OCTOBER FOR INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE MORGAN BANK. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS ECONOMIST WIFE KATE. THEY WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE REVIVAL OF SUCH ELEMENTS AS MAY BE POSSIBLE OF THE SPLENDID PROGRAMME YOU HAD ARRANGED, IN VAIN, FOR LAST YEAR (FAX REFERENCE FROM CHIEF SECRETARY'S OFFICE NO. IC/SAB/141/89 OF 1 JUNE). THEIR INTEREST WOULD FOCUS ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND PROSPECTS. BACKGROUND ON FELDSTEINS AND VALUE OF RECEIVING THEM IS SET OUT IN FCO TELNO 1102 TO YOU OF 22 MAY 1989. THEIR ONLY PREVIOUS ACQUAINTANCE WITH HONG KONG WAS A LIGHTNING VISIT IN 1982.
2.
LIMITED TIME THEY HAVE AVAILABLE MAY CAUSE YOU PROBLEMS.
IF THEY COULD HAVE JUST TWO OR THREE INTERESTING MEETINGS, THEY WOULD BE CONTENT. THEY ARRIVE FROM CALIFORNIA WITH THE DAWN ON 24 OCTOBER. FELDSTEIN SAYS THAT THEY WILL GET ENOUGH REST ON THE LONG FLIGHT TO GO TO WORK BY 10 A.M. THEY WOULD THEN BE FREE UNTIL (BUT NOT FOR) DINNER. THEY HAVE FULL PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE BANK ON 25 AND 26 OCTOBER. IF HOWEVER A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR MIGHT BE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME, THEY WOULD OF COURSE BREAK FREE.
3. GRATEFUL FOR WHATEVER YOU CAN ARRANGE. I WILL ACT AS CHANNEL TO MARTIN AND KATE HERE IN BOSTON.
MCLEAN
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