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YOU WILL RECALL THAT TONY MICHELL SAW YOU SOME MONTHS AGO IN LONDON TO DISCUSS BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS BUSINESS LINKS WITH NORTH KOREANS. YOU WILL THEREFORE WISH TO KNOW THAT HE TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THAT THERE IS LIKELY TO BE A MEETING SOON IN HONG KONG BETWEEN SOME NORTH KOREAN REPRESENTATIVES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF UNILEVER, SHELL, UNITED DISTILLERS AND CIBA-GEIGY (THE LATTER ALTHOUGH NOT BRITISH WOULD BE REPRESENTED BY A BRITON) I REPEATED THE STANDARD

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