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香港下亞厘畢道

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

來函檔號 Your Ref.:

本署檔號 Our Ref.: TIB CR 22/01/1

MON DR

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H.LI. Davies, Esq.,

British Senior Representative,

Sino-British Joint Liaison Group,

St. John's Building, 3/F.,

33 Garden Road,

Hong Kong.

Dear Mr Davies.

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

Hiis

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· 8 November 1993

Nigel wanky,

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M. White You may wish to let Mr Newton, UKDELOELD

HUB 091/3 Seemos sensible?

2 NOV 1993

fends

Hong Kong and the OECD

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Know-through love Ruff, to Andrew Wang isn't

Ambañador),

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and my

Letter of 24/x)

112/xi

Thank you very much for your letter dated 21 October 1993 and your helpful advice on managing Chinese reaction to our application for observer status on the OECD Trade Committee. Brian has asked me to reply to you in his absence.

Although the possibility of the Chinese making a fuss over this issue cannot be ruled out, I agree with you that we should use the same channel for informing them of our participation in the OECD's informal dialogue with NIEs to inform them of our present proposal to apply for observer status on the OECD Trade Committee. Our research shows that in September 1988, the Deputy Political Adviser briefed his contact in the NCNA (Mr. Li Ruohe) on Hong Kong's intention to accept an invitation from the OECD to discuss economic matters in an informal seminar between OECD members and a number of "Newly Industrializing Economies" (NIEs). Mr. Li responded positively then, commenting on the importance of the OECD as an organization and the fact that they would naturally be interested in the NIEs. Mr. Li had, of course, left the NCNA

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