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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 120906Z NOV
TO IMMEDIATE JEDDA
TELNO 5 OF 12 NOVEMBER, 1980
CONFIDENTAL
AND TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
HKK1621
13 NOV 1980
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OUR TELNO 1487: OIL FOR HONG KONG
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1. PROVIDED F.C.O. SEE NO OBJECTION, MOST GRATEFUL IF JEDDA COULD DELIVER A MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
TO H.E. SHAIKH AHMED ZAKI YAMANI, MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES.
2. MESSAGE AS FOLLOWS:-
HONG KONG IS MOST ANXIOUS TO PURCHASE 200,000 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND) METRIC TONS OF FUEL OIL. IT REQUIRES THIS OIL AS A BASIC WORKING STOCK FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY COVER DURING CONSTRUCTION OF TANKAGE AT NEW POWER STATIONS WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO COPE WITH VERY STEEPLY INCREASING
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEMAND.
YOUR EXCELLENCY WILL BE AWARE OF THE GOOD COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND HONG KONG, WHICH IS A FREE ENTERPRISE, DEVELOPING ECONOMY.
I HOPE THAT YOUR EXCELLENCY WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK FAVOURABLY
ON THIS REQUEST. I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF YOUR EXCELLENCY WOULD CONSIDER RECEIVING A SMALL DELEGATION FROM HONG KONG TO DISCUSS THIS REQUEST. THE DELEGATION WOULD CONSIST OF THE HONOURABLE SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, CBE, JP, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, MR. P.W. ALLSOPP, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS AND ONE OTHER OFFICIAL. PERHAPS YOUR EXCELLENCY COULD NOMINATE A DATE CONVENIENT TO RECEIVE THE DELEGATION?
3. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD TOP AND TAIL WITH THE CORRECT COURTESIES. THE MESSAGE IS FROM SIR JACK CATER, ACTING GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG. THE DELEGATION WILL BRING WITH THEM A FURTHER LETTER SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, PRESENTLY IN THE U.K.
4. DEPENDING ON THE RESPONSE TO THIS MESSAGE, WE WILL CONTACT YOU AGAIN RE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DELEGATION ETC.
5. YOU WILL ALSO HAVE SEEN OUR TELNO 1495 TO F.C.O. REPEATED
TO YOU RE APPROACH TO BNOC. WE TRUST THAT THESE TWO COURSES OF
ACTION WILL NOT CONFLICT AND WILL TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION TO
AVOID THIS.
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