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FM SINGAPORE 31092AZ OCT 89

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 27 OF 31 OCT

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICES, LONDON.

YOUR TELNO. 28: STRATEGIC OIL STOCKS.

1.

SINGAPORE MFA, TO WHOM WE PUT YOUR REQUEST, HAVE TOLD US THAT PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY (PSA) HAVE AGREED TO CONSIDER

IT FAVOURABLY. WE WERE ASKED TO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT WITH GOON KOK LOON, SECRETARY OF THE PSA (TEL. 2712211) TO DISCUSS

TECHNICAL DETAILS. SINCE WE HAVE NO INFORMATION BEYOND THAT IN YOUR TUR, AND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO THE SINGAPOREANS,

IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE BETTER SENSE IF YOU NOW CONTACTED HIM

DIRECT. HE WILL BE IN HIS OFFICE UNTIL MID-DAY ON 1 NOVEMBER.

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