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MDLIAN 5313
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FAR EASTERN TOUR BY MINISTER OF
YOUR TELNO 2: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO INDUSTRY, ENTERPRISE AND TOURISM
THE BACKGROUND TO DR TEWARIE'S VISIT IS CONTAINED IN MY TELNO 1 OF 27 JUNE TO WHICH YOU REPLIED ON 5 JULY (YOUR TELNO 1).
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I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE MEA WHO HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE DATES FOR DR TEWARIE'S FAR EASTERN TOUR HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY REWORKED. THE MINISTER IS NOW DUE TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON 25 JULY (FROM SINGAPORE). HE THEN GOES ON TO CHINA ON 28 JULY AND WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON EITHER 31 JULY OR 1 AUGUST POSSIBLY FOR AN OVERNIGHT STOP EN ROUTE TO SOUTH KOREA.
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WHEN I SAW THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON 22 JUNE HE MADE NO MENTION OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF DUNNING AND ASSOCIATES BUT THE MEA HAVE NOW CONFIRMED THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TEWARIE'S VISIT ARE BEING MADE BY DUNNING IN CONSULTATION WITH HONORARY CONSUL LAU. THEY APOLOGISED FOR THE CONFUSION ON THIS POINT AND FOR THE LATE CHANGE OF DATES.
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IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES I HAVE SLIGHTLY AMENDED THE MESSAGE CONTAINED IN PARA THREE OF YOUR TUR BY OMITTING REFERENCE TO D'SOUZA IN THE FIRST SENTENCE WHICH NOW READS: ''THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT MINISTER TEWARIE WILL BE VISITING HONG KONG LATER THIS MONTH...''. THE DATES IN THE SECOND SENTENCE HAVE ALSO BEEN AMENDED.
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