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FM SINGAPORE
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 115
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKDEL IMF/IBRD WASHINGTON, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING
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MY TELNO 372 (1991) : IMF/IBRD 1997 ANNUAL MEETINGS.
1.
THE MFA HAVE ASKED US TO CALL ON 25 MARCH TO DISCUSS HONG KONG'S
BID TO HOST THE 1997 IMF/IBRD ANNUAL MEETINGS.
2.
THE SINGAPOREANS APPEAR TO BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HONG KONG MAY BE ABOUT TO WITHDRAW ITS BID, AND, SHOULD THIS PROVE TO BE THE CASE, ARE INTERESTED IN REACTIVATING THEIR OWN BID TO HOST THE 1997 MEETINGS.
3.
SINCE OUR LOBBYING IN SEPTEMBER 1991 (TUR) WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING. GRATEFUL GUIDANCE BY CLOSE OF PLAY ON 23 MARCH ON:
(A) CURRENT STATE OF PLAY,
(B) WHETHER THERE IS ANY PROSPECT OF HONG KONG WITHDRAWING
ITS BID, AND
(C) LINE TO TAKE WITH THE SINGAPOREANS.
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