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TO PRIORITY COV HONG KONG TELNO 1315 DATED 26 DECEMBER 1973 FROM STUART

YOUR TELNO 1454: REGISTER OF SHIPPING.

1. 1 HAVE SPOKEN BOTH TO THE DTI AND TO CATER OF WORLD WIDE SHIPPING IN LONDON.

2. THE DTI HAVE ACCEPTED THE OFFER OF INTERVIEWS IN EUROPE WITH YK PAO'S OFFICERS IF THE NEED ARISES, BUT THEIR CONCLUSION AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TEAM THAT WENT TO HONG KONG IS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT DELAY WORK ON THE DRAFT REPORT. THEY HAVE THEREFORE TOLD THE TEAM, AFTER A CHRISTMAS BREAK, TO GET ON WITH THIS IN THE HOPE OF GETTING A DRAFT TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY. THEY HAVE PROMISED TO PURSUE IN PARALLEL AND AT THE SAME TIME THE IDEA OF FURTHER INTERVIEWS, BUT SINCE THE INTERVIEWS THEMSELVES ARE NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN UNTIL THE DRAFT REPORT IS COMPLETE, THEY MAY NOT IN FACT TAKE PLACE, IF THE DRAFT IS SATISFACTORY WITHOUT THEM, I WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL THIS.

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