Economic Relations FCO
071 270 3443
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18-HUG-1993*
RESTRICTED
ZCZC
RESTRICTED
PRIORITY
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY UKDEL IMF/IBRD WASHINGTON
TELNO
OF 181701Z AUGUST 93
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG AND TO PRIORITY HM TREASURY, BANK OF ENGLAND, ODA
YOUR TELNO 273 AND HONG KONG TELNO 1324:
1997 WORLD BANK/IMF ANNUAL MEETINGS
Summary
1.
Our provisional thinking on outstanding technical issues identified in TUR: date of meetings, form of assurance on agreed financial contributions, visas/immunities and (potentially most
Instructions on last point. important) letters of invitation.
Detail
2. We had been hoping to resolve the outstanding technical issues in accordance with the fast timetable and settle matters before the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Since this now seems unlikely to be possible, we are minded to delay the process until after September. Nevertheless we wish to be clear on where we stand on the substance of these points and plan to submit to
MFF 102/606/3 ERD
CHH
Ministers
270-2675