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FROM: R S Moore

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 21 May 1993

cc: Ms Fraser, AMD

Mr Greenwood, FED

Mr Bunten w/s

Morris 22/9

Mr Hum — Has seen and wormented. Tel out.

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RECORD OF MEETING WITH DOT AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS:

PIRACY: 21 MAY, 1000

PRESENT

DOT

Frank Wall

HKG

Dereck Hall (HKGOL)

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Rod Bunten

Ros Moore

AMD

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Deborah Fraser

Duncan Drummond (HKGOL) Jim Morris (HKG, Security

Branch)

Claire Tuhey

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Mr Morris (Security Branch) began by outlining the Hong Kong Government's intention to withdraw the attached paper on piracy and armed robbery. The paper was originally prepared by the Hong Kong Government in response to public Hong Kong pressure to take some action regarding incidents in the South China Sea and submitted to the IMO Safety Committee on 31

March. The text does not mention the PRC directly but there

is no doubt that the accusations of official involvement in

attacks on ships are directed at China. The reason Mr Morris gave for the withdrawal of the paper was the incorrect

description of these incidents in the paper as acts of piracy.

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