TNAG-1152-FCO40-1432-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-Commonwealth-1982 — Page 202

CONFIDENTIAL

information

made through the Hong Kong company.

3. Brian Pemberton, Managing Director(Hong Kong),

has told C & W (UK) that if he has the support of the

two Hong Kong Government appointed Directors he will

be able to obtain the agreement of the other Directors

to the arrangement whereby Hong Kong will make these

contributions.

4.

DOI, which has been responsible for BT, invested

considerable effort in ensuring that agreement on the

For your own

new financial arrangements was reached. The 'DOI also

hope to use the setting up of a new Technical Assistance

Fund within the CTO as a means of deflecting criti-

cism from developing countries in general about the

inadeguany of mesent

lack of aid for the development of telecommunications.

These criticisms will be voiced in the strongest terms

at the International Telecommunication Union Plenipo-

tentiary Conference to be held in Nairobi in the autumn

It would be embarrassing for HMG were BT to baulk now

at sigging the new financial arrangements on the

grounds that Cable and Wireless could not fulfil thier

commitment. I should therefore be grateful if you

would speak to Mr Blye and Mr Keap, the Hong Kong

appointed

cas y te intitetty to Government Directors to C & W, to ensure their support!

ilem to s

h

encourage

ppst

CONFIDENTIAL