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bad replied that they would need a formal application by

the North Korean Government before sounding out the views

of member countries on North Korean membership.

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Our position,

Opposition which we communicated to Dr Bühler at the time, is that HMG recognised North Korea in August 1991

while supporting its entry to the United Nations. We currently have no plans to establish diplomatic relations. Nevertheless we see no political objections to North Korean membership of the Asian Development Bank. In any case our standard policy is that matters relating to international

financial institutions are decided on economic and

technical rather than political grounds thermore

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ease regard the issue of North Korea's ratification of the IAEA Agreement as totally irrelevant to the issue of Asian

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nother thow in our view it is for the Asian Development Bank, net the government which is hosting the Annual Meeting, to decide who should be invited as observers (to the Annual Meeting.)

The host government would have an interest only if there

were a risk of known terrorists or political undesirables

wishing to attend an international meeting on their

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