TNAG-1347-FCO40-1777-Financial-policy-in-Hong-Kong-1984 — Page 77

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НКК 100/3_.

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 1 1 JAN 1984

KOFFICEH

FOP

10%

Taken

SOPY

4

GRS 175

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COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

FM HONG KONG 100915Z JAN 84

TO ROUTINE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 66 OF 10 JANUARY

PLEASE PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

FOR MR. A.D. LOEHNIS

YOUR TELEGRAM THROUGH F C O NUMBER 37 DATED 9 JANUARY 1984 MUST HAVE CROSSED WITH MY 59 OF THE SAME DATE. IN MY LATEST MESSAGE YOU ASK FOR THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF HONG KONG AND IN THE HONG KONG METROPOLITAN BANK WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPOSURE TO BRAZIL. ALL I CAN DO IS TO GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS WHO PROVIDED THE INFORMATION I PASSED ON TO YOU IN TELEGRAM NUMBER59. THEY ARE:

(A) THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF HONG KONG LTD.:

ROBIN Y.H. CHAN, VICE CHAIRMAN

AND MANAGING DIRECTOR.

2

(B) HONG KONG METROPOLITAN BANK (NOW GOES UNDER THE NAME OF

BANK OF CREDIT AND COMMERCE):

2.

SYED MAZHAR ABBAS, GENERAL MANAGER.

IN MY EARLIER MESSAGE, I SAID THAT NO RESPONSE HAD BEEN RECEIVED

FROM THE BANK OF CANTON. THEY HAVE NOW REPLIED AS FOLLOWS:

1 THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER OF 23RD DECEMBER

CONCERNING THE BRAZILIAN FINANCING PLAN.

THE BANK OF CANTON HAS INFORMED THE BRAZIL ADVISORY GROUP

THAT WE WILL COMMIT TO OUR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE PROPOSED 1984 NEW

DEPOSIT FACILITY''

KINDEST REGARDS. DOUGLAS BLYE.

HADDON-CAVE

MINIMAL

HKD

CONFIDENTIAL

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