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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELNO 372
OF 20010OZ DECEMBER 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE DTI
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# 1340/s
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130041
MDHIAN 7007
file on Brit Undertakings
PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD AND LOVE, OT2, DTI1
HONG KONG PASSPORT SCHEME AND BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS
1.
I AM UNDER CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE FROM THE HKG TO CLEAR THE
OUTSTANDING UNDERTAKINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SINCE NEW COMPANY NAMES KEEP GETTING ADDED TO THE LIST (TAKEN FROM PASSPORT APPLICATION FORMS), AND SINCE THE RESIDUE NAMES TEND TO BE THE MOST DIFFICULT, CLEARING THE OUSTANDING NAMES IS NOT EASY. NEVERTHLESS THIS HAS TO BE DONE AND IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY URGENT.
2.
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF THE 299 COMPANIES SUBMITTED FOR ENDORSEMENT UNDER COVER OF OUR LETTER ECO 014/8 OF 14 NOVEMBER
COULD BE CLEARED VERY URGENTLY. GETTING THESE NAMES BACK TO THE HKG
AS APPROVED WILL MAKE A CONSIDERABLE IMPACT.
GREAT
AFTER
GRATEFUL
3. MANY OF MY STAFF ARE AGAIN WORKING FULL-TIME ON THE EXERCISE AND
I HOPE TO BE IN A POSITION TO PUT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE THE MAJORITY OF OUTSTANDING COMPANIES COVER 500) VERY SHORTLY. THAT THEY WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY FACSIMILE FOR ENDORSEMENT. IF THEY COULD THEN BE TREATED WITH EXTREME URGENCY. IN THE MEANTIME I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO LET ME HAVE ENDORSEMENT OF THE 299 COMPANIES VERY URGENTLY AND CERTAINLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTING THIS SCHEME ARE CAUSING CONCERN AND ATTRACTING SOME ADVERSE COMMENT. I AM ANXIOUS TO
AVOID BEING VULNERABLE TO CRITISM OVER DELAYS IN OUR CONTRIBUTION.
HEAP
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