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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 2785. PADS: EXPERT DISCISSIONS.
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1 COUNSELLOR TOOK PARALLEL ACTION WITH HU CHUANZHONG (COUNSELLOR, HKMAO, MFA) ON 14 SEPTEMBER.
2. HU TOOK CAREFUL NOTE. HE ASKED WHETHER JI HAD BEEN REPORTED TO CALL FOR EXCHANGES SPECIFICALLY BY EXPERTS. COATES SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO REFERENCEPOO EXPERTS IN THE CHINESE PRESS REPORTS WE HAD SEEN ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTOOD THAT HONG KONG PRESS REFERRED TO A SUGGESTION BY JI THAT EXPERTS SHOULD HOLD DISCUSSIONS. HU SEEMED A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT HKG WOULD BE MAKING THEIR INVITATION PUBLIC AS EARLY AS 15 SEPTEMBER BUT OFFERED NO COMMENT.
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