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Mr Stone, HKD

Mr Seaton, FED

Mr Whomersley, Legal Advisers

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1. In response to a request by Mr Maude, we completed in some hurry yesterday a note on the chances of Hong Kong becoming a member of the OECD and APEC. I enclose a copy. I fear that in order to meet the deadline for the Ministers' box it was not possible to clear all of the text with everyone concerned.

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Mr Stone however saw the final version of the paragraphs on APEC. The OECD content is more or less a paraphrase of comments received from Mr Davies (FED) and Mr Gordon (UKDEL OECD) (copies attached). Just in case any of the points have been under-emphasised or over-stressed or indeed misrepresented, I should be grateful if you would now look over the note and let me have any comments as soon as possible.

3.

I would be grateful to Mr Whomersley for advice on the contents of paragraph 4 of the note and also confirmation of the assertion made in paragraph 11 about there being no discernible legal impendiments.

24 May 1990

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