TNAG-2134-FCO40-3049-Shipping-in-Hong-Kong-1990 — Page 14

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FM BTC HONG KONG

TO ROUTINE PEKING

TELNO 55

OF 05084OZ JUNE 90

AND TO ROUTINE FCO, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG

DIRECT SHIPPING FROM TAIWAN TO FUJIAN WITH MAINLAND CONNIVANCE

1. STANDARD CHARTERED CHINA DIVISION TOLD GRAHAM (CTU) RECENTLY THAT THEY HAD BEEN TOLD BY SHANGHAI FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE (FERT) THAT 2 TAIWANESE OWNED CARGO SHIPS WERE NOW DOING A

REGULAR CIRCUIT OF KEELUNG-FUZHOU-XIAMEN VV.

2. SHANGHAI FERT WERE APPARENTLY INTERESTED IN SECURING CARGO SPACE ON THE SHIPS, BUT FUZHOU FERT HAD REPLIED THEY WERE ALWAYS FULL.

3. SHANGHAI FERT BELIEVED BOTH VESSELS WERE OWNED BY A RETIRED GENERAL, THAT THEY WERE PANAMA REGISTERED AND THAT DOCUMENTATION FOR TAIWAN TOOK PLACE ONLY ON BOARD AND OUT AT SEA. ABOUT 20 ROUND TRIPS HAD BEEN COMPLETED BY 20 MAY.

4. STANDARD CHARTERED BELIEVED THIS TRADE WAS REASONABLY WIDELY KNOWN BY SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS IN THE REGION BUT STILL DENIABLE.

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