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YOUR TELNO 132: 1997 IMF/IBRD ANNUAL MEETINGS

1. I THOUGHT I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW THAT PARA 3 OF FIRST TUR STRUCK A NUMBER OF READERS HERE AS SUGGESTING THAT HKG ARE HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT HOSTING THIS MEETING. WE NOTE THAT IN YOUR TELNO 1670 OF 1991 YOU SAW SOME ATTRACTION''

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HOLDING THE MEETINGS IN HONG KONG, AND IN YOUR TELNO 2680 YOU WERE ''DELIGHTED'' TO LEARN OF THE INITIAL POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM THE BANK. HAS THE ASSESSMENT CHANGED, OR ARE WE READING TOO MUCH INTO TUR?

2. I SEE FROM UKDEL IMF/IBRD TELNO 22 THAT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE

CHINESE ARE FORGING AHEAD. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR HOW THE DISCUSSION WITH EXCO GOES ON 28 JANUARY.

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