TNAG-2815-FCO40-4061-Future-of-Hong-Kong-International-Rights-and-Obligations-(IR-1993 — Page 225

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CONFIDENTIAL

FROM:

J CUNLIFFE (IF1)

DATE:

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27 July 1993 4680

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Sir T Burns

Sir N Wicks Mr Evans Mr Mortimer Mr Sedgwick

Mr Kalen Ms Roberts Mr Wray

Mrs Keswick

Mr Millett FCO

Ms Bulloch BOE

IMF AND WORLD BANK: 1997 ANNUAL MEETINGS IN HONG KONG

Issue

Situation report on proposal that 1997 annual Meetings of IMF and World Bank should be held in Hong Kong. World Bank and IMF suggestion that UK and China assurances that as the members of the institution they stand behind Hong Kong's financial commitments in respect of the Annual Meetings could cause difficulties. Otherwise proposal on track for agreement this Autumn.

Action

2.

NO action required now. As UK Governor of the IMF and (by then) the World Bank, you will need to write, in parallel with the Chinese Governor and Hong Kong authorities, with A formal invitation to the institutions, probably in September or October.

Detail

3. A background note is attached The proposal that the 1997 Annual Meetings should be held in Hong Kong was approved by Treasury and FCO Ministers, after an original suggestion by the UK IMF and World Bank Director, in 1991.

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4.

The objective is to signal confidence in Hong Kong's future as an international financial centre and give the Chinese

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