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Unclassified.
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In Confidence
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LETTER
To:-
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A. F. Maddocks, Esq.,
Political Adviser,
Colonial Secretariat,
HONG KONG,
From
W. S. Carter
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
You will
know that
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Your letter of 3rd February raised the
question of the supply of economic and
political information to Hong Kong by certain
of our Embassies and High Commissions. This
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subject has been raised in the past, notably
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last year, on behalf of Hong Kong's Export
Credit Insurance Corporation, who found
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themselves faced with problems in obtaining
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adequate information with which to assess
risks. After two years of argument we had to
Board of
Trade's refusal to supply copes of such report's as received by ECG). The Board of Trade at that time,
accept thi
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refused to recognise any obligation to supply
such information, either to the EOIC or to
Routine information,
the Hong Kong Government.
arqual, such as changes in exchange/control, import
licencing and tariff regulations are
available to the Commerce and Industry
Department, and the Board of Trade Journal
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contains much information of value.
Since 1964
the Hong Kong Government Office here have been
on the free mailing list for copies of the
Board of Trade's daily Export Services
Bulletin, post's quarterly World Economic
Comments and special supplements. Further,
the TDC office in London is free to consult
Export Services branch, and any such requests
will be dealt with in the same way as any
other British enquiries.
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