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HKK 100/7

20 OCT 1983

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

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OO HONG KONG

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SECRET

FM FCO 13140OZ OCT 83

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1042 OF 13 OCTOBER

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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM CLIFT

YOUR TELNOS 1521 TO 1522 STABILISATION OF EXCHANGE RATE

1. MANY THANKS. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW THE EXCHANGE

RATE FIXED FOR THE HONG KONG DOLLAR AGAINST THE US DOLLAR AS SOON AS THIS HAS BEEN DECIDED.

HOWE

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LIMITED

MR EVANS

HD/HKD

MR GIFFARD

HD/ERD

MR DONALD

PS

PS/MR LUCE

PS PUS

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COPIES TO

MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS

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