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SECRET

Christopher Hum Esq

Hong Kong Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Whitehall

SW1A 2AP

BANK OF ENGLAND

Threadneedle Street

London

EC2R 8AH

21 August 1986

Telout

8/27/2

Dear Christopher,

HONG KONG AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

(Hong Kong Telno 2448 of 29 July)

I attach a draft telegram of reply giving the Bank of England's reaction as requested. Perhaps you would like to incorporate this into anything else that you wish to add.

Yours sincerely

Pen

PH Kent

HKK 102/1

- 9SEF 1986

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