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FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 387
OF 10094OZ MARCH 93
AND TO ROUTINE BTC HONG KONG
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MOLIAN 9453
OPY
23) 271:
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FINAN
BTC PLEASE PASS IO MR MORRICE, ATTC TAIPEI
OUR TELNO 271: TAIPEI CULTURAL AND INFORMATION CENTRE IN HONG
KONG
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WHEN WE SPOKE TO JOHN NI, (WHO WAS AWARE OF MORRICE'S EXCHANGES WITH JASON HU) HE INFORMED US THAT THE CONNAUGHT CENTRE, WHICH HOUSES THE FREE CHINA REVIEW, HAD BEEN ACQUIRED BY A MAINLAND INTEREST AND RENTS WERE BEING DOUBLED. THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS SECURING ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION, BUT THE CONNAUGHT LEASE DID NOT EXPIRE UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR. THEY THEREFORE STILL HAD SOME TIME, ALTHOUGH TAIPEI MIGHT WISH TO SETTLE THE MATTER BEFORE THE TAIWANESE FINANCIAL YEAR END ON 30
JUNE. NI SAW NO NEED FOR AN IMMEDIATE NAME CHANGE AFTER THE MOVE, BUT FELT SOME FORM OF PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE NECESSARY IF ONLY TO DIRECT VISITORS TO THE NEW ADDRESS.
COMMENT
2.
THAT,
NI WAS DISPOSED TO BE CO-OPERATIVE: AND GAVE THE IMPRESSION EVEN LEAVING POLITICS ASIDE, THEY WOULD NOT RESOLVE THE MATTER OF NEW ACCOMMODATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
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