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FOR JEAFFRESON,

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY

FROM WOODHOUSE IN NEW YORK

24 OCT 85

NY/GEN/187

COPIED TO HK GOVT OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, BRUSSELS,

LONDON (PL COPY TO LEEKS AT FCO) GENEVA (PL COPY TO WALKER AT UKMIS)

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DISCUSSIONS WITH DORWARD IN NEW YORK

I HAD A BRIEF MEETING WITH DORWARD IN NE YORK. HE EXPLAINED' THAT AMBASSADOR DOUGLAHAD NOT STEPPED DOWN AS HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN GENEVA. ALTHOUGH HE WAS RUMOURED TO BE STEPPING DOWN ON 1 OCTOBER, HE WAS STILL IN POST AND, THEREFORE, IS STILL A FORCE TO BE CONSIDERED.

DORWARD EXPLAINED THAT, NECESSARILY, HIS TIME WAS TAKEN UP WITH COUNTERING THE PROTECTIONIST TRADE LOBBY IN THE US AND REFUGEE MATTERS HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS HE WOULD HAVE WISHED. HE ASKED THAT WE BEAR IN MIND THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME SURPLUS CAPACITY IN THE TIME OF THE PROFESSIONAL LOBBYING FIRM EMPLOYED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. WE WOULD HAVE TO SEEK FUNDS IN HONG KONG IF WE WISHED TO PURSUE THIS MATTER.

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