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042614 MDLIAN 2434
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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 22
OF 23080OZ JANUARY 90
a DIST
HKB 026/10
026
RECEIVED IN E
16 FEB 1990
DESK OFFICER INDEX
TRY
DAGI.
MIPT
FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY SENT TO PEKING AS TELNO 6 OR 18070OZ
JAN 90
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE VISIT TO PEKING
1. BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE TOLD HAYWARD THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO JOIN A GROUP OF UP TO 18 SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE HERE ON A VISIT TO PEKING IN EARLY MARCH. OBJECT IS TO SET OUT VIEWS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON THE REALITIES OF PRESENT SITUATION HERE. THEY WANT TO EMPHASISE THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTION CHINA HAS TO MAKE TO HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND THE INFLUENCE IT HAS ON IT. GROUP WILL ASK CHINESE NOT TO DO THINGS WHICH WILL UPSET STABILITY AND THUS, THE BUSINESS CLIMATE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHINESE HAVE AGREED TO THE VISIT,
VIA THE NCNA HERE AND DIAO YU TAI GUEST HOUSE HAS BEEN RESERVED.
THE AMERICAN CHAMBER IS PLANNING A SEPARATE VISIT BUT BRITISH
CHAMBER IS INCLINED TO PARTICIPATE SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT BY ITS
GENERAL COMMITTEE ON MORNING OF MONDAY 22 JANUARY.
2. CHAMBER WOULD WELCOME YOUR ADVICE ON WHICH CHINESE THE GROUP
SHOULD ASK TO MEET BEARING IN MIND THE POLITICAL RATHER THAN DETAILED COMMERCIAL NATURE OF THE VISIT. THEY ASSUME MAIN INTERLOCUTORS WILL BE FROM HONG KONG MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE BUT THERE MIGHT BE MERIT IN CALL ON/PRESENCE OF SOMEONE FROM E.G. MOFERT, STATE PLANNING COMMISSION, POLITBURO. ALSO, GENERALLY, THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE PUT OFF WITH THOSE WITHOUT AUTHORITY OR INFLUENCE.
3. ANY ADVICE YOU MIGHT ALSO FEEL ABLE TO GIVE ON TACTICS/APPROACH AT THE MEETING WOULD ALSO BE WELCOME. WE UNDERSTAND THE FRENCH, GERMANS AND AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS GROUPS ARE LIKELY TO JOIN AND ARE WAITING BRITISH CHAMBER'S DECISION BEFORE FINALLY AGREEING.
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