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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2387
OF 230955Z SEPTEMBER 92
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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053436 MDHIAN 0257
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OUR TELNO 2374 : HMOCS : HONG KONG HMOCS ASSOCIATION
THANK YOU FOR THE ASSESSMENT.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD FORWARD
1. BY FAX DETAILS OF WHAT YOU NEED TO LAY THE PRIVATE SECTOR OPTION
TO REST.
2.
THE HMOCS ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IS NOW COMING UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE FROM THE MORE MILITANT MEMBERS. IT WOULD BE VERY DISADVANTAGEOUS IF WE WERE TO LOSE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PRESENT COMMITTEE AND THE RESTRAINED AND LOW KEY MANNER IN WHICH THEY HAVE HANDLED THIS SUBJECT. WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE MINIMUM STATEMENT SHOULD BE THAT ''HMG INTENDS TO HOLD THE NEXT ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND HOPES THAT THIS WILL BE DURING OCTOBER 1992''.
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