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ADOT 0918352 JUL 80
TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
J44046/4 RECITY JUL-1980
TELEGRAM NUMBER CREDA 113 OF 9 JULY 80
FOR MARCH FROM GINGELL.
IN REGISTRY NO. 51 6
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MR PARKINSON'S MISSION TO HONG KONG.
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1. AFTER LONG DELAYS IN GETTING NOMINATIONS FROM INDUSTRY WE HAVE
NOW GOT TOGETHER À STRONG TEAM WHO ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE
MISSION AND ABLE TO OFFER SUGGESTIONS AND HELP OF MANY KINDS. THE
NAMES TO DATE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MR JOHN HARRISON
MR RF AUDSLEY
CHAIRMAN OF JOHNSONS OF ELGIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE
FAR EAST PROMOTION PANEL OF THE NATIONAL WOOL TEXTILE EXPORT CORPORATION, PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCOTTISH WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS, COMMITTEE MEMBER OF WOOL TEXTILE E D G.
CHAIRMAN, TOOTAL LTD, REPRESENTATIVE OF BRITISH TEXTILE EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION, ON THE COUNCIL OF
BRITISH TEXTILE CONFEDERATION.
MR L REGAN
CHAIRMAN, CARRINGTON VIYELLA.
MR E K WILSON
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ALLIED TEXTILES LTD AND MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF HS HARTLEY GROUP OF COMPANIES.
2. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MR HAROLD GIBSON MAY
NOT NOW BE ABLE TO ACCOMPANY THE MISSION, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE TUC CONFERENCE, NOR WILL ANOTHER NAME TO BE SOUGHT. THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL IT HAS BEEN CLEARED, HOWEVER, AND IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE IF HIS POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE PARTY IS NOT MENTIONED
IF IT HAS NOT BEEN ALREADY.
3. WE HAVE INVITED COURTAULDS TO NOMINATE A SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF
SUITABLE CALIBRE BUT THEY HAVE SO FAR ONLY RESPONDED BY WRITING TO
THE MINISTER EXPRESSING THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT IN HONG KONG AS A
MARKET BUT SAYING THEY WILL CONSIDER JOINING THE TEAM IF THE MISSION
MATERIALISES. THIS IS DISAPPOINTING BUT QUITE AT VARIANCE WITH THE
GENERAL MOOD OF THE OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED.
4. ALSO FOLLOWING A PRELIMINARY BRIEFING FROM ME YESTERDAY THREE
MEMBERS OF THE HKTAG, THE CHAIRMAN MR JOHN BROWNE, MR WEBB-JOHNSON,
KILLSALL A AVEA 1
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