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A SIMILAR SESSION, BUT ON WHAT BRITAIN HAS TO OFFER IN TERMS OF TAIWANESE INVESTORS LOOKING FOR NEW PARTNERS ABROAD IN WHICH SHE COULD BE SUPPORTED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM U.K. OF THE VARIOUS REGIONAL INVESTMENT BODIES, PLUS, OF COURSE, IDB, ALTHOUGH THE COULD BE AN OUTWARD INVESTMENT ANGLE TO THIS AS WELL.
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A SEMINAR INVOLVING ROLLS-ROYCE AND BAE ON WHAT THE U.K. AEROSPACE INDUSTRY HAS TO OFFER TAIWAN AND THE TAIWANESE AEROSPACE COMPANY.
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THESE ARE SIMPLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND OTHER THOUGHTS MAY EMERGE AS I CONSULT THE BRITISH BUSINESS GROUP IN TAIWAN (BBGT). (THE SUBJECT DID COME UP AT THE BBGT'S MONTHLY LUNCH ON 9 JUNE, BUT NO GREAT IDEAS EMERGED AND I THOUGHT IT BETTER TO KEEP MY OWN SUGGESTIONS AS ABOVE IN RESERVE UNTIL I RECEIVE GUIDANCE BY LONDON. HOWEVER, A WORKING PARTY OF BBGT IS TO BE SET UP TO DEAL WITH THE VISIT AND INEVITABLY I SHALL GET DRAWN INTO THAT). THE AEROSPACE EVENT APPEALS BECAUSE THE CHAIRMEN OF BOTH COMPANIES ARE VISITING TAIPEI NEXT MONTH AND THE MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DEAL WITH TAIWAN AEROSPACE COULD BE IN JEOPARDY. IT DOES, OF COURSE, HAVE THE DIFFICULTY OF THE TAIWANESE ALMOST CERTAINLY WANTING TO SEE MILITARY AIRCRAFT COVERED IN ANY SUCH SEMINAR WHICH COULD BE POTENTIALLY EMBARRASSING FOR US.
15. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY QUITE A LOT TO PONDER IN ALL THIS BUT I SUGGEST A VISIT BY MRS THATCHER TO ANY OVERSEAS COUNTRY IS STILL SOMETHING OF AN EVENT, ALL THE MORE SO IN TAIWAN, GIVEN ITS AMBIGUOUS STATUS AND THE HISTORY OF OUR RELATIONS WITH THIS ISLAND. I AWAIT EARLY GUIDANCE.
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