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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1381 OF 1 DECEMBER

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FURTHER TO 4Y TELNO 1371 OF 29 NOVEMBER, INFORMATION HAS BEEN

RECEIVED TODAY WHICH MAY HAVE A BEARING ON THE PQ.

%. THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS HAS JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT THE

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PROPOSE TO HOLD A CLINICAL MEETING IN HONG KONG IN NOVEMBER 1979, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG

BRANCH OF THE ASSOCIATION. 500 PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED FROM OVERSEAS AS WELL AS FROM HONG KONG AND WE ARE INFORMED BY THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION THAT:- QUOTE THE BMA LONDON IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE DRUG DEPENDENCE SITUATION IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND HOW IT IS HANDLED AND MANAGED. UNQUOTE.

3. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT A SESSION WILL BE DEVOTED DURING THE MEETING TO A DISCUSSION ON THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL CARE IN THE UK, CHINA AND HONG KONG, AND THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS FOR SPEAKERS TO ATTEND FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC. FURTHER INQUIRIES ARE DEING MADE ABOUT THIS, AS IT IS UNCLEAR

WHETHER THE NEGOTIATIONS ORIGINATED IN LONDON OR HERE, BUT YOU MAY CARE TO HAVE A WORD WITH THE BMA ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF INVITING SPEAKERS FROM CHINA IF DELEGATES ARE TO BE PRESENT FROM SAY TAIWAN OR SOUTH KOREA OR THE RUSSIAN BLOC COUNTRIES.

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