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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING

YOUR TELNO: 856: HONG KONG PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE AT IMO

THE ANNEXES TO IMO RESOLUTION A. 505(X11) APPREAR TO REQUIRE:

(A) A LETTER RECORDING OF OUR INTENT TO APPOINT A PR: AND

(B) A LETTER OF CREDENTIALS.

WE PROPOSE THAT THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES SHOULD SIGN

(A) AND THE GOVERNOR (B).

2. SUGGESTED DRAFTS FOLLOW.

3. FOR 1 (A):

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I HAVE THE HONOUR TO INFORM YOU THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

WISHES TO ACCREDIT MR. PETER CHAN YUE-YAN, MARINE ADVISER TO THE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON AS ITS PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE

TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION. MR. CHAN IS A CITIZEN

OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND IS NOT ACCREDITED TO THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. AS SOON AS MR. CHAN ASSUMES THE FUNCTIONS OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HON KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN

LONDON WILL CONSULT YOUR OFFICE IN THE TERMS OF PARAGRAPH 4 OF

ANNEX 2 TO IMCO RESOLUTION A. 505(X11), IN ORDER TO MAKE THE

NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS.

PLEASE ACCEPT, SIR, THE ASSURANCE OF MY HIGHEST CONSIDERATION.

ENDS

4. FOR 1(B):

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