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OF COPY
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 906
OF 200213Z JUNE 90
2
DESK INDEX
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG-KONG
13
TRY
Taken
053417
MDHIAN 5574
YOUR TELNO 1164 TO HONG KONG.
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: POSSIBLE ANNUAL MEETING IN HONG KONG.
WE AGREE WITH THE REPLY PROPOSED IN PARA 3 OF TUR. WE SEE NO
REASON WHY THE CHINESE SHOULD OBJECT. THE PROPOSAL WOULD SEEM TO ACCORD WELL WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW ON HONG KONG'S POSITION AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE. THE FACT THAT THE CHINESE HAVE THEMSELVES ALREADY HOSTED SUCH A MEETING SHOULD REMOVE ANY SENSITIVITIES THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE ABOUT HONG KONG AS A FUTURE VENUE.
COATES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
35
LIMITED
HKD
FED
ERD
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
35
SEAD
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS