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PRIORITY
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 300940Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
LED IN
REJISTRY No. 51
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-7 NOV 1973
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TO PRIORITY D T I TELNO BTC-61 OF 30TH OCTOBER, 1973.
FOR ARCHER (MARINE DIVISION), SUNLEY HOUSE) FROM HUNT.
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1. THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MARINE HAS ON TWO OCCASIONS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY THAT OFFICERS MIGHT BE GIVEN ORAL EXAMINATIONS IN JAPAN AS WELL AS HONG KONG. WE HAVE NOW LEARNT FROM HIM THAT THIS WAS REQUESTED BY WORLD WIDE SHIPPING.
2.
THE TEAM HAS TAKEN THE LINE THAT IT WOULD NOT WISH TO GIVE FORMAL ORAL EXAMINATIONS AIMED AT ASSESSING THDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE EXAMINATION ROOM CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG, WHETHER THE SECONDED GROUP OF SURVEYOR WOULD DO SO IF THE REGISTER IS SET UP IS OF COURSE ANOTHER QUESTION, AND WE WOULD PROPOSE TO LEAVE IT AN OPEN QUESTION.
3.
WE ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THE MATTER MAY BE A SENSITIVE ONE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHICH WORLD WIDE ARE MAKING AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG MAY BE DISPROPORTIONATELY SMALL, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR LARGE SHARE OF HONG KONG TONNAGE AND THEIR PRIME INTEREST IN THE REGISTER (INFORMAL REMARKS IN FACT TEND TO CORROBORATE THE IMPRESSION GIVEN BY CAPTAIN ROE IN LONDON THAT OTHER HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS ARE COMPARATIVELY UNINTERESTED IN THE REGISTER, AT ANY RATE ON THE TERMS PRESENTLY PROPOSED. THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MARINE HAS ON THE OTHER HAND EMPHASISED THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD INTEREST).
CONFIDENTIAL
/4. THE TEAM
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