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IMMEDIATE OTTAWA TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IMMEDIATE OTTAWA TELNO 24 TO HONG KONG CONFIDENTIAL
28 MARCH 1969
ADDSD TO HONG KONG TELNO. 24 OF 28 MARCH 1969 REPEATED FOR INFO TO
F CO.
FOR HADDON CAVE.
GREY (ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE) TOLD US TODAY THAT THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, MR. EDGAR BENSON, ACCOMP- ANIED BY MRS. BENSON AND A SPEECH WRITER, MIKE GILLAN, PLAN TO PAY A SHORT VISIT TO HONG KONG BEFORE ATTENDING THE JAPAN/CANADA MINIST~
ERIAL MEETINGS IN TOKYO IN APRIL. THEY WILL LEAVE OTTAWA ON SUNDAY
6 APRIL AND ARE DUE TO ARRIVE HONG KONG ON THE EVENING OF MONDAY 7
APRIL. THEY PLAN TO REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF FRIDAY 11/
APRIL. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP IS PARTLY TO HAVE A SHOPPING HOLIDAY
AND SEE HONG KONG, AND PARTLY TO MEET APPROPRIATE PEOPLE IN THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE TEXTILE FIELD.
2.
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH GALLOW, CANADIAN TRADE COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG, ABOUT THE TRAVEL AND
HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS, BUT GREY HAD TOLD US IN CONFIDENCE THAT HE IS
DOUSTFUL WHETHER GALLOW COULD SUCCESSFULLY COPE WITH OTHER ARRANGE-
MENTS AND HE HAS ASKED WHETHER THESE COULD BE HANDLED BY YOU.
MR.
BENSON WOULD LIKE TO RENEW HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH MR. COWPERTHWAITE, WHOM HE HAS MET AT THE IMF, BUT APART FROM THAT HE HAS NO VERY STRONG PREFERENCES AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE GUIDED BY YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR
MEETING PEOPLE AND SIGHTSEEING. GREY MENTIONED THAT HE KNEW HIS
MINISTER WOULD ENJOY MEETING P.Y. TANG OF SOUTH SEA TEXTILES WHO
HAS CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH CANADA AND HAS KNOWN PERSONALLY A
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