TNAG-0754-FCO40-958-Threat-to-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 42

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From: Miss D J M Pope, DI73¢

CONFIDENTIAL

Dr D Wilson

Political .dviser Govt Secretariat Hong Kong

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25 JAN 1978

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Yong Kong and enjoying both the work very salating. 1 nm writing about 1 through the A's office but I under- Incidentally would OU le se moss on the

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I trust you are now well-; etfie and the environment: I imagine boti a matter which normlly i voule cla stand Iain urr is not yet in pos congratulations of IV40 on 11. his departure). a you presum bi ̧, updated and we have to ke has obtained from your cono.de

de Branch (Peter Hayward 1st year, I believe) statistics of China'eurom

uremom of foreign currency in Hong Kong (the reference is Druce-Francis' letter 2017/4841/62 I 18/3/70 to Boyd) which assist us in making n estanste of Uldi

fsiblo' earnings through long nong.

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This material normally emerges Bono cal February/mid rch on possibly 1977 figures cannot be obtained any earlier then that but it would be greatly appreciated if we could see the.

n as possible.

One other matter concerning the piper. Tony Sowerbuits has trsked Mr Whitelegge, the Commissioner Pol Census and Statistics, to produce come trade figures for us (hitelege agreed we could task him direct when Tony visited in November); a cory letter for you is enclosed. We have not, of course, informed Whitelegge of the nature of the paper although we have indicated that we would pareciate the meteral frirly quickly. Would it be possible for you to reinforce with Whitelegge the urgency of our request:

Peter Briley mentioned that he had received a letter from you and that you were interested in the Soviet-Chin--Vietnam triangle. There is little that we can add on the economic side to the mid figures contained in the paper although we are constantly watching for any snippet that might throw some light on the subject. For you it is interesting that the Vietnamese seem intent on using Hong Kong as an entrepot and source of funds in the style, if not the content, of the Chinese.

Copy to:

Mr J Thompson, Hong Kong Dept, FCO

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