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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 281

OF 07154OZ FEBRUARY 91

INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, MODUK

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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD

YOUR TELNO 423: GULF CRISIS: BURDEN SHARING: HONG KONG

1. THE ANSWERS TO YOUR TWO POINTS ARE:

A) THE SECOND JAPANESE CONTRIBUTION IS US DOLLARS 9 BILLION ERROR REGRETTED: AND

B) THE TAIWANESE CONTRIBUTION IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE: IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED ON THE BBC WORLD SERVICE.

HURD

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

234

ΜΑΙΝ

201

.GULF BURDENSHARING (HKD) LIMITED

NPDD [-]

HKD

ADDITIONAL 33

.GULF BURDENSHARING

(PASSED EMERGENCY UNIT)

(PASSED POLMIL UNIT)

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