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FM BTC HONG KONG Ø210162 OCT 81

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TELEGRAM NUMBER BTC 123 OF 2 OCTOBER

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YOUR TELEGRAM BTC 49. HONG KONG T.V. EXPORTS

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AS YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM MY INDUS 125 TO ATKINSON (DOI), THE RIC VISIT PRODUCED NO FIREWORKS. THEY WERE I SUSPECT DISAPPOINTED BY THE WITHDRAWAL OF HMG'S SUPPORT FOR A V.R.A.

2. WE STILL NEED TO PERSUADE THE DO THAT TRANSHIPMENT OF TAIWANESE/KOREAN TV SETS VIA HONG KONG IS NOT A ''FRAUDULENT RE-EXPORT'' (SEE THEIR INDUS 286). AS LONG AS THERE IS NO ATTEMPT

TO OBTAIN A HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN, IT CIRCUMVENTS NO

HONG KONG OR UK LAW.

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3. 1 AM OF COURSE MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE HELP.

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