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(C) UNDERSTAND THAT UKDEL IMF/IBRD IS CONSULTING CHINESE ED IN WASHINGTON ON PREPARATION OF THE LETTERS: AND

(D) UKREP JLG WOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP THE CHINESE SIDE POSTED ON

DEVELOPMENTS.

WE SUGGEST THAT THIS BE DONE AT THE NEXT WEEKLY MEETING OF THE JLG. THIS WILL PROBABLY TAKE PLACE ON 1 JULY. UKDEL IMF/IBRD IS REQUESTED TO INFORM THE CHINESE EDS ON THE SAME DAY. SHOULD THE DATE OF THE MEETING BE CHANGED, WE WILL NOTIFY YOU.

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WE UNDERSTAND FROM ERIIK FRIIS ASSISTANT SECRETARY, BANK/FUND JOINT SECRETARIAT, THAT THE BANK SECRETARY TIM THAHANE WAS THINKING OF A TRIP TO HONG KONG (AND BEIJING?) POSSIBLY IN JULY TO ENSURE THAT THE FACILITIES IN HK FOR THE MEETINGS WERE ADEQUATE (A MAJOR OUTSTANDING POINT FROM THE BANK/FUND TECHNICAL STUDY IN LATE 1991 WAS THE AVAILABILITY OF 750 TEMPORARY OFFICES FOR BANK/FUND AND DELEGATIONS, WITH COVERED ACCESS TO THE MAIN MEETING ROOMS) AND THAT THE AUTHORITIES WERE FULLY AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF A COMMITMENT TO HOST THE MEETINGS. GRATEFUL IF UKDEL IMF/IBRD COULD ALSO INFORM THE JOINT SECRETARIAT OF THE FC APPROVAL SO THAT THEY COULD PREPARE THE TRIP IF NECESSARY.

7. UKREP JLG CONCURS.

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