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UNCLASSIFIED
CHANCELLOR
OF
THE EXCHEQUER
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FROM: OWEN BARDER
DATE:
21 OCTOBER 1993
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MEETING WITH SIR WILLIAM PURVIS
Sp Advism
The Chancellor and Economic Secretary
Chairman
PS/Economic Secretary
PS/Sir T Burns
Mr Budd
Sir N Wicks
Mr H P Evans
Mrs Lomax
Mr Gieve
Mr Mortimer
Mr Sedgwick
Mr Gray
Mr Whiting Mr Cunliffe Mr Farthing Mr D E W Owen Mr Richardson Mr Wood
Mrs Keswick
Mr Sawers FCO
Mr Smith DTI
met Sir William Purvis,
of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, on
Thursday, 21 October at 11.40 am. Mrs Keswick was also present.
The Chancellor was most grateful for your brief.
IMF/IBRD Annual Meetings
2.
The
Chancellor said that he regretted that he had not had an
opportunity to meet Sir William Purvis at the IMF/IBRD Annual
Meetings in Washington. He had gone to the meetings a little
cynical about their value; he came back with a more mellow
opinion. Sir William Purvis agreed that the scale of the occasion was quite ridiculous. Bankers did, however, use the opportunity
to get to meet each other; and to try to get money back from, and
UNCLASSIFIED