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6. WE SHALL IN ANY CASE NEED TO SUBMIT A FINAL CONSOLIDATED LIST TO LORD CAITHNESS AND TO DTI MINISTERS SOON. WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE CREDIT AGENCY COUR TELNO 19 TO HONG KONG) AND ARE SENDING YOU THE DETAILS
SEPARATELY. THE DTI HAVE NOT YET PROCESSED ALL THE 107
COMPANIES RECEIVED IN DAVID SMITH'S FAX OF 9 JANUARY (BECAUSE OF PRESSURE OF WORK ON BRIEFING FOR MR LILLEY'S VISIT). BUT THIS SHOULD NOT HOLD UP PUBLICATION OF THE INITIAL LIST. ANY
COMPANIES NOT PROCESSED IN TIME CAN BE PUBLISHED AT A LATER
DATE.
7. BEFORE SUBMITTING TO MINISTERS, WE NEED YOU TO SUPPLY US WITH A NEW, CONSOLIDATED LIST (OF THE 500 ODD COMPANIES SO FAR PROCESSED BY YOU AND DTI) IN CATEGORY ORDER AND WITH SUPPLEMENTARY ARGUMENT ATTACHED AS NECESSARY (EG SIZE OF PERCENTAGE SHAREHOLDING BY UK BASED COMPANY, PERCENTAGE OF BOARD WITH UK PASSPORTS, VOLUME OF IMPORTS FROM UK ETC) (FINAL PARA OF MY FAX OF 19 DECEMBER REFERS). (INCIDENTALLY, THE FORMAT FOLLOWED IN RECENT PART-LISTS (EG DAVID SMITH'S FAXES OF 9 AND 10 JANUARY) OF CLASSIFYING COMPANIES AS 'LIST B/C'' IS INSUFFICIENTLY PRECISE: IT WILL HAVE TO INDICATE WHETHER THE COMPANIES BELONG TO LIST B OR LIST C, AND WHY.) WHEN WE HAVE MINISTERS' VIEWS, YOU CAN THEN PUT THE LIST FORWARD FOR THE GOVERNOR'S CONSIDERATION.
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