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TELNO 22
OF 24220OZ JANUARY 92
ADVANCE COPY
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG, UKREP JLG
MY TELNO 21
1997 IMF/IBRD ANNUAL MEETINGS
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:
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(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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