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FM HONG KONG
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TELNO 524
OF 19024OZ FEBRUARY 86
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19 FEB 1986
"LO PREPARATORY TECHNICAL MARITIME CONFERENCE
YOUR TELNO 152: THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IS NOTED.
DESK OFFICER
REGITRY
INDEX
PA
Action Taken
CONCERNING THE SECOND PARAGRAPH WE WOULD HOPE, SUBJECT TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, AND IF CONFERENCE RULES PERMIT, TO BE ABLE
TO SEND A TRIPARTITE DELEGATION FROM HONG KONG IN AN ADVISORY
CAPACITY TO THE UK DELEGATION. THE GOVERNMENT PRESENCE WOULD BE
PROVIDED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND SO FAR BOTH THE HONG KONG
SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION (ON THE EMPLOYERS' SIDE) AND THE MERCHANT
NAVY OFFICERS' GUILD (ON THE EMPLOYEES' SIDE) HAVE EXPRESSED
INTEREST IN ATTENDING, THOUGH OTHER ORGANISATIONS MAY ALSO BE
INTERESTED.
ALTERNATIVELY, WE THINK THAT THE HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS'S
ASSOCIATION MIGHT BE WILLING TO SEND AN ADVISER AT ITS OWN EXPENSE, AS UT DID IN 1975, AND THIS APPROACH MIGHT BE ADOPTED F
IT PROVES IMPRACTICAL TO ORGANIZE A TRIPARTITE DELEGATION.
WE HAVE NOT SO FAR FORMALLY APPROACHED EMPLOYERS' OR EMPLOYEES'
ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR VIEWS, PENDING CLARIFICATION FROM YOU
OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE.
YOUDE
MINIMAL
HKD
ILA
MAED.
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replica bb, pp.
Mr Powell @o you check. pp.
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fiförst being chased for views Seche M Marwell 3/3
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