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177340
MDHIAN 842
SUPPLIED BY SWIRES AND JARDINES (WHO ARE BETTER PLACED THAN MOST TO KNOW), TO ILLUSTRATE ON A SELECTIVE BASIS THAT THE TRUE TOTAL PICTURE IS ALMOST CERTAINLY HIGHER THAN THE VERIFIABLE LOWER FIGURES. TO DO BETTER THAN THIS PROBABLY REQUIRES MORE RESOURCES THAN ARE AVAILABLE TO US. INDEED I HAVE BEEN SHOWN ON A PERSONAL BASIS RECENT CORRESPONDENCE (PLEASE THEREFORE PROTECT) BETWEEN SIR ADRIAN SWIRE AND HENRY KESWICK ABOUT POSSIBLY COMMISSIONING A NEW STUDY AT A COST OF PDS STG 50,000 TO TRY TO ESTABLISH BETTER FIGURES THAN THOSE PRODUCED BY THE FCO AND DTI. NEVERTHELESS I WILL RESPOND FURTHER SHORTLY WITH FURTHER COMMENTS AND OUR OWN BEST EFFORTS.
HEAP
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LIMITED
HKD
15
DISTRIBUTION
18
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
3
OT2, DTI, VIC ST
MR BROADBENT, ECONOMIC ADVS
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON
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