TNAG-0420-FCO40-466-Registration-of-merchant-shipping-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 58

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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL NO 900 CF 12 SEPTEMBER NINFO

BTC HONG KONG

REGISTER OF SHIPPING

1. MIF T CONTAINS THE TEXT OF A PRESS NOTICE TO BE ISSUED IN

LONDON AT 1745 BST ON 13 SEPTEMBER,

2. THIS RESULTS FROM A MEETING TODAY BETWEEN MR HESELTINE AND SIR M MACLEHOSE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE. SIR MURRAY SUGGESTS THAT YOU SHOULD ARRANGE SIMULTANEOUS ISSUE IN HONG KONG. HE HOPES · THAT YOU CAN PERSUADE HONG KONG SHIP OWNERS NOT TO MAKE ANY LENGTHY COMMENTS AT THIS STAGE. HE WOULD BE PLEASED IF THEY WOULD SAY ONLY THAT THEY WELCOME THE PROPOSED VISIT BY THE TEAM FROM THE DTI AND HOPE THAT NEGOTIATIONS WILL PROCEED SMOOTHLY.

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