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AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG, UKREP JLG
MY TELNO 21
1997 IMF/IBRD ANNUAL MEETINGS
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034430 MDHIAN 0635
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1.
I SPOKE TODAY TO THE CHINESE WORLD BANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (WANG) AND HIS ALTERNATE (JIN). THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED WRITTEN GUIDANCE FROM PEKING, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY REFLECTED LENGTHY
TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
2.
THEY MADE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
(A)
THAHANE HAD ASKED FOR A WRITTEN CHINESE ASSURANCE OF FREE ENTRY OF DELEGATES TO HONG KONG. THEY SAW NO DIFFICULTY WITH THIS.
(B)
THEY WILL ALSO AGREE TO THE SAME HONG KONG WORKING GROUP HANDLING PLANNING FOR THE CONFERENCE BEFORE AND AFTER JULY 1, 1997. (THEY ASKED, THOUGH, WHETHER A CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JLG MIGHT JOIN THE GROUP FROM THE OUTSET.)
(C)
THEY WOULD EXPECT HONG KONG OFFICIALS TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AFTER 1997 EITHER AS PART OF THE CHINESE DELEGATION, OR IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. AFTER 1997 CHINESE BANK AND FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
WOULD REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE SAME WAY AS I DO TODAY.
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