TNAG-0358-FCO40-394-Registration-of-merchant-shipping-in-Hong-Kong-1972 — Page 116

IMMEDIATE

CYPHER/CAT A

FM HONG KONG 249745Z

CONFIDENTIA

RICEVED LE REGISTRY No. 51,

23 NOV 1972

WKK 21/2

NOVEMBER, 1972.

84

CONFIDENTIAL

TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1139 OF 24

HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER,

WHEN MR ROYLE WAS HERE HE TOLD ME THAT THE DTI HAD NOW FORMULATED A SET OF PROPOSALS WHICH YOU HAD DECIDED TO REFER TO US FOR COMMENTS,

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2, SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN RECEIVED, BUT Y.K.PAO HAS TOLD ME THAT HE WILL BE LUNCHING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON 2ND DECEMBER, IT WOULD THEREFORE BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD HAVE A SIGHT OF THE DTI PROPOSALS SO THAT ANY COMMENTS WE MAY HAVE ON THEM CAN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN BRIEFING THE PRIME MINISTER.

3. I WILL ALSO BE SEEING MR PAO AGAIN ON 30 NOVEMBER AND WOULD HOPE THEN TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM SOME INDICATION OF THE DT'S LATEST POSITION AND OUR COMMENTS ON IT.

4. GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF DT1'S PROPOSALS, OR AT LEAST A SUMMARY OF THEM, COULD BE TELEGRAPHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

FCO PASS COPY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

MACLEMOSE

FILES:

HKIOD

MTD

PS/MR ROYLE

COPIES TO:

CONG

HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE. 6 GRAFTON ST. W.l.

CONFIDENTIAL