TNAG-0379-FCO40-425-Sterling-assets-and-balance-of-payments-of-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 261

PERSONAL

SECRET

Ci Haddon-Cave 284 Colonial Secretariat HONG KONG

FÜRZIGN & COMMONWEALTH

OFFICE

LONDON, SW1

15 February 1973

Dear Mr Haddon-Cove,

Hong Kong: quarterly statement

of certain sterling assets

and liabilities

I enclose a statement prepared by the Bank of England giving details for end- December 1972.

Yours sincerely,

Till webb

senior ¿conomic Adviser

Copy (with encl) to:

Nr Holland

FRD

✓ HKIOD

ncl.

f

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