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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1111
OF 30130OZ MARCH 90
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PERSONAL FOR MCLAREN, AUSS FROM GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 678: NATIONALITY PACKAGE : LORD SHARP
1. VERY ODD. I HAVE CHECKED AND AM ASSURED THAT NOBODY FROM IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO FIRMS HERE ABOUT THE SECONDMENT SCHEME, LET ALONE IN THE TERMS SUGGESTED BY LORD SHARP. IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT IN FACT HAVE BEEN IN A POSITION TO KNOW THE FACTS. NONE OF THOSE IN DONALD TSANG'S OUTFIT, WHO DO NOT KNOW THE STATE OF PLAY TO DATE, HAS SPOKEN EITHER. INDEED, SO FAR AS EVERYBODY HERE IS CONCERNED, WE STILL DO NOT KNOW THE FINAL OUTCOME ON THE SECONDMENT SCHEME.
2. I CHECKED ALSO WITH PETER HEAP. HE SAYS THAT THE TRADE COMMISSION HAVE NOT BEEN DOING ANY BRIEFING ON THE SUBJECT. BUT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF TALK AMONGST BRITISH COMPANIES HERE ON THE
NATIONALITY PACKAGE, MUCH OF IT OFF BEAM.
3. SHOULD YOU GET AN EASY CHANCE, YOU MIGHT ASK HIM WHO ACTUALLY SAID WHAT TO WHOM. OTHERWISE, I FEAR WE MUST LEAVE THIS AS ONE OF THOSE TIRESOME UNRESOLVED MYSTERIES.
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