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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 509

OF 301400Z MAY 86

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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34 YOUR TELNO 914: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND HONG KONG

1.

DISCUSSION OF THE ADB AT THE WILSON/KE MEETING AMOUNTED

TO NO MORE THAN A SENTENCE. IN DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE

NEXT JLG WILSON TOLD KE 'WE ARE CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTING TO THE

FOURTH REPLENISHMENT OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND AND WILL

PROBABLY MAKE A REPORT AT JLGIV.' (THE SUGGESTION TO PUT THIS

POINT WAS MADE IN PARA 1(B) OF HONG KONG TELNO 1554.)

2.

WE SUGGEST YOU TELL THE CHINESE THAT THE BRIEF REFERENCE

ABOVE WAS ALL THAT WILSON SAID ON THE ADB. YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE

THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WE WERE REFERRING TO THE FOURTH

REPLENISHMENT OF THE ADF AND NOT (NOT) THE BANK'S THIRD GENERAL

CAPITAL INCREASE. IT WOULD BE WORTH ADDING THAT THE CONTRIBUTION WE HAVE IN MIND WOULD REPRESENT NO (NO) ADDITIONAL CONTINGENT

LIABILITY FOR THE PRC AFTER 1997 AS WE INTEND TO ENSURE THAT THE

CONTRIBUTION IS FULLY DISBURSED BEFORE THAT DATE.

HOWE

LIMITED

HKD

FED

MR WILSON.

HRK 10017

RECVE

GISTRY

- 6 JUN 1986

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in Token

AgB 6/6

COPIES TO:-

MR CARTER ODA

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