PRIORITY
CH-MER/CAT A
CRPS 389
FM HONG KONG W169027
CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENCIAL
TO PRIORITY F G O TELO 467 OF 16T MAY, 1973.
YOUR TELNO 406,
HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER.
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PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO ARCHER, OTI.
FINNEX
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A MISUNDERSTANDING APPEARS TO HAVE ARISEN, IT 13 ONLY
POSSIBLE TO PREPARE MEANINGFUL AND AUTHORITATIVE AND, WE TRUST, FINAL COMMENTS AFTER FULL CONSULTATION WITH OUR SHIPOWNERS, AS
THEY WILL IN THE END HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ON HOW MUCH OF THEIR
TONNAGE THEY WILL REGISTER IN HONG KONG IF A SEPARATE REGISTRY IS
ESTABLISHED. TO SEND YOU MERELY GOVERNMENT COMMENTS AT THIS STAGE
MIGHT DE MISLEADING AND COULD RESULT IN THE EXERCISE BEING SLOWED
DOWN RATHER THAN SPEEDED UP.
2. TO HAVE FULL CONSULTATIONS WITH THE SHIPOWNERS AND TO CARRY
THEM WITH US IN ANY COMMENTS WE FINALLY MAKE INEVITABLY HEANS
THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A REASONABLE TIME TO DISCUSS THE MATTER
IN THEIR ASSOCIATIONS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR REMARKS IN
WITING. TIME IS NEEDED ALCO, BECAUSE ONE OR TWO OF THE KEY.
FIGURES INVOLVED ARE AT PRESENT OUT OF HONG KONG.
3. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT MR HESELTINE HAS ALREADY HELD DISCUS-
SIONOWITH BOTH SIDES OF THE BRITISH INDUSTRY WE WILL, OF COURSE,
TO OUR BEST TO EXPEDITE THE DISCUSSIONS HERE AND TO SEND YOU A FULLY
CONSIDERED DOCUMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT WITH THE DECT WILL
IN THE WORLD WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE READY
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