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TELNO 3604
OF 141135Z NOVEMBER 91
INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD FROM PS/GH
BTC PERSONAL FOR SBTC
YOUR TELNO 1996: SIR G. HOWE: ENVIRONMENT: HONG KONG 1993
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PROPOSED WORLD CONGRESS ON THE
I HAVE NOT HAD MUCH LUCK IN FINDING OUT NAY MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSED WORLD CONGRESS ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN 1993. THE SO-CALLED ACTION COMMITTEE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE IN OPERATION YET. INDEED NEITHER GRAHAM BARNES NOR STUART REID HAS ACTUALLY YET BEEN SOUNDED OUT ABOUT SERVING ON IT. THIS SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE PEOPLE ARE PENCILLED IN FOR PARTICIPATION BEFORE ACTUALLY BEING APPROACHED EXCLAM. BUT, OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, IT IS THE SORT OF CONFERENCE THAT WE WOULD WISH TO SUPPORT, AS THE GOVERNORS LETTER MAKES CLEAR.
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SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES HAS SENT ME COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN JOHN YAXLEY AND JOHN CALABRINI OF THE HERITAGE TRUST DATED JANUARY 1991. WE WERE ALSO IN TOUCH WITH JOHN YAXLEY IN AUGUST WHEN CONSIDERING A REQUEST FOR A COMFORT LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR, AND HIS IMPRESSION WAS THAT THE UK PARTICIPANTS AT LEAST WERE WELL AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. YOU MAY WISH TO SPEAK TO JOHN YAXLEY TO SEE WHETHER HE HAS ANY OTHER MORE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION.
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BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE CONGRESS WAS ORIGINALLY TO BE RUN BY THE HERITAGE TRUST, ON WHOSE BEHALF SIR HUGH CASSON WROTE TO THE GOVERNOR IN OCTOBER 1990. APPARENTLY IN NOVEMBER THAT YEAR THEY FOUND IT NECESSARY TO WITHDRAW FROM ANY INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, AFTER WHICH THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE PICKED UP THE BALL. ACCORDING TO A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR FROM MR. HUGH CLAMP, , THEY WILL BE WORKING IN CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH THEIR SISTER ORGANISATIONS IN THE US AND JAPAN.
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WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OVER THE FUNDING OF LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE PROJECTS. BUT ONE INTERESTING POINT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND TO THIS CONGRESS THAT MAY HAVE ESCAPED YOUR TRAWL IS THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN PEKING IN 1991 (UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HERITAGE TRUST AND INAUGURATED BY HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH), BUT WAS CANCELLED IN JUNE 1989 FOR ''FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL REASONS (SEE YOUR TELNO 959 TO PEKING OF 26 NOVEMBER 1989 AND RELATED CORRESPONDENCE).
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I HAVE SPOKEN TO PETER HEAP, WHO SAYS THAT HE HAS NOTHING TO ADD TO THIS.
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I AM SORRY WE CANNOT BE FURTHER HELP.
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