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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 287
OF 3023OOZ AUGUST 93
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AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING UKREP JLG HONG KONG L RG.
ODA FOR POWER, FCO FOR TEBBIT (ERD), HM TREASURY FOR SEDGWICK AND CUNLIFFE, BANK OF ENGLAND FOR BULLOCH
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IMF/IBRD: HONG KONG 1997 ANNUAL MEETINGS
SUMMARY
1.
CONSTRUCTIVE MEETING ON TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE CHINESE ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. ZHANG WILL PURSUE MATTERS DURING HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT TO PEKING.
DETAIL
2.
STANTON MET WITH ZHANG AND WEI (BANK AND FUND ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS) TO CARRY OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR TELNO 144 OF 20 AUGUST. ZHANG DEPARTS ON 2 SEPTEMBER FOR A VISIT TO PEKING WHERE HE WILL SEEK TO TAKE MATTERS FORWARD.
3.
STANTON REGISTERED OUR CONCERNS ON THE CHINESE COMMENT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A SUPPORTING LETTER FROM HONG KONG. HE STRESSED THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT PROPER RECOGNITION WAS GIVEN TO THE SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL AND MANPOWER RESOURCES THAT HONG KONG WOULD DEVOTE AS THE HOST FOR THE ANNUAL MEETINGS AND TO THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC AUTONOMY THAT THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
ENJOYS.
4.
ZHANG WAS PERSONALLY SYMPATHETIC AND PROMISED TO TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH HIS AUTHORITIES. HE SPECULATED ON THREE POSSIBLE APPROACHES: (1) A LETTER FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ADDRESSED TO THE UK AUTHORITIES ASKING THEM TO
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