TNAG-1622-FCO40-2236-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1987 — Page 65

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FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 78

OF 04081OZ JUNE 87

AND TO IMMEDIATE ODA, FCO

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YOUR TELNO 89: FOREST FIRES

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1. MANY THANKS FOR INFORMATION IN PARA 2 OF TUR. CHINESE AUTHORITIES WILL MEET THE PLANE AND ARRANGE ONWARD TRANSPORT.

2. THE CHINESE WOULD LIKE THE RAIL FREIGHT TO BE SENT DIRECT TO JIAGEDQI. IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS FOLLOWS:

MR ZHANG YI (1728 3015)

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE (GUANLI BANGONGSHI)

PROJECT FOR RECEIVING FOREIGN DISASTER RELIEF (GUO WAT QIUZAI WUZI XIANGMU)

BUREAU OF MINISTRY OF FORESTRY (LIN GUAN JU

DAXINGANLING (1129 5281 1344 1545)

JIAGEDAQI (0502 0020 6671 1142)

PRC

2651 4619 1444)

3. HOPE THIS ENABLES YOU TO COMPLETE SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS.

4.

WE SHOULD LIKE SHORTLY TO ISSUE ANOTHER LOCAL PRESS RELEASE, DETAILING UK AND HKG AID. (OTHER COUNTIRES, WHOSE BILATERAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE CONSIDERABLY LESS, HAVE BEEN GAINING MORE PUBLICITY: FOR EXAMPLE, CANADIAN TV COVERED THE ARRIVAL OF A CANADIAN AIRCRAFT DELIVERING AID.) GRATEFUL THEREFORE FOR BREAKDOWN OF VALUE OF AID FROM BOTH YOURSELVES AND ODA (AND ANY NEWS OF ODA'S NEXT BATCH OF AID) AND FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO PUBLICISE THESE

FIGURES.

EVANS

PEHPAN 1259

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HKD

MR GILLMORE

MR McLAREN

COPIES TO:

DISASTER UNIT, O'DA

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