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VISIT TO HONG KONG BY ROBERT MYERS, PRESIDENT, AND MAURICE SPANBOCK, CHAIRMAN OF CARNEGIE COUNCIL, 1-4 FEBRUARY 1990

ROBERT MYERS, PRESIDENT, AND MAURICE SPANBOCK, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CARNEGIE COUNCIL ON ETHICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS WILL ARRIVE IN HONG 1 FEBRUARY, DEPARTING 4 FEBRUARY. THEY WILL BE STAYING IN THE PENINSULAR HOTEL. THEY HAVE

ASKED TO SEE THE GOVERNOR.

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FOUNDED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE IN 1914, THE COUNCIL CELEBRATED ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1989. IT IS A SMALL BUT INFLUENTIAL THINK TANK WITH A GOOD REPUTATION IN NEW YORK'S ACADEMIC, CORPORATE AND

INTERNATIONAL CIRCLES. ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO FOCUS ON THE MORAL CONSEQUENCES OF FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND HUMAN RIGHTS. IN ADDITION TO ITS REGULAR SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES, IT PUBLISHES AN ANNUAL JOURNAL ''ETHICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS WHICH ATTRACTS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LEADING US FOREIGN POLICY FIGURES. THE CARNEGIE COUNCIL ALSO HAS A WELL RESPECTED US-JAPAN PROGRAMME

AND TAKES A STRONG INTEREST IN ASIAN AFFAIRS.

3. BIS HAS ENJOYED A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CARNEGIE FOR MANY YEARS. THE COUNCIL PROVIDED A SPEAKING PLATFORM FOR MR PATTEN IN JUNE 1988 (SPEAKING ON REFUGEE POLICY) AND FOR MR EGGAR IN

DECEMBER 1988 (SPEAKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS). IN MAY 1988, CARNEGIE CO-SPONSORED A WILTON PARK CONFERENCE ON NATO (CONTRIBUTING US DLRS 15,000): AND IN JULY THEY ARE CO-SPONSORING A SECOND WILTON PARK CONFERENCE ON ETHICS AND FOREIGN POLICY (CONTRIBUTING US DLRS

20,000).

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EDUCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (MA AND PH.D), MYERS SERVED AS AN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AND THE CIA FROM 1949 TO 1965. BEFORE BECOMING PRESIDENT OF THE CARNEGIE COUNCIL IN 1980, HE WAS PUBLISHER OF THE INFLUENTIAL NEW REPUBLIC MAGAZINE. MYERS IS WELL CONNECTED IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON FOREIGN POLICY CIRCLES. MAURICE SPANBOCK IS A TAX LAWYER WITH A

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