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TO DESKBY 12093OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 22
OF 120745Z
APRIL 88
INFO PRIORITY F CO
НКС 191
197/1
066467
MDLIAN 9018
YOUR TELNO 12: CABLE AND WIRELESS/PLDT
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REPRESENTATIVE
1. AFTER BEING BRIEFED BY CABLE AND WIRELESS' LOCAL
(BROOKER) I SPOKE TO SECRETARY REYES ON 10 APRIL. REYES WAS INCLINED TO PLAY DOWN THE ISSUE WHICH HE SAW AS A COMMERCIAL
DISPUTE TO BE RESOLVED BY THE COMPANIES THEMSELVES. I REMINDED
REYES THAT HE HAD HIMSELF SAID THE STATUS QUO SHOULD BE MAINTAINED
WHILE THE GOVERNMENT LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE AND THAT GIVEN MRS
AQUINO'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO HONG KONG AND C AND W'S OFFER TO MEET
HE THEN SAID HE HAD ALREADY BEEN
IN MAY, COULD HE PLEASE INTERVENE.
IN TOUCH WITH PLDT AND WITH ALCUAZ, COMMISSIONER OF THE NATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC) WHOSE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY
THIS IS AND TO WHOM HE SUGGESTED I SHOULD SPEAK.
2.
I HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO SPEAK TO ALCUAZ SINCE THEN AND ALSO CALLED UNSUCCESSFULLY AT HIS OFFICE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER,
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C AND W ATTENDED A MEETING ON 11 APRIL CALLED BY ALCUAZ AT WHICH
PLDT REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT. SO FAR PLDT'S POSITION UNCHANGED.
C AND W ARE ALSO ATTEMPTING TO GET IN TO SEE SECRETARY REYES I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE ISSUE HAS ALREADY MADE THE PRESS IN HONG KONG AND
IS EXPECTED TO DO THE SAME HERE TOMORROW.
3. IN THE EVENT THAT MY EFFORTS TO CALL ON ALCUAZ AND OR REYES CONTINUE TO BE FRUITLESS, I SHALL WRITE TO THEM TOMORROW SETTING
OUT THE PROBLEM AND ASKING OFFICIALLY FOR THEIR INTERVENTION.
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