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at the airport.
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This has been unsuccessful
and there is only the faintest hope that
Ministerial intervention will change that.
They are now therefore at the point of
choosing the sort of radar equipment to
Plessey have
instal, and it looks likely that an Italian
firm, Selenia, will get it.
been making a fuss, and I understand that the
Board of Trade have been asking you to do
what you can on their behalf. At this end
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we have agreed to consider acting as a post-
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box for Plessey's case, which they think has
not received the attention it deserves
because Hong Kong's nose is out of joint
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on account of the failure of grant applica-
tion. We do not believe that the issue is
nearly so simple as that. For one thing, we
know that it was barely two months ago that
Plessey came up with the sort of radar which
could do the job at all, whereas Selenia have
However had theirs on offer for far longer. You
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ought to know that we shall be sending forwandive
Plessey's case (I am not yet sure to whom m
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the Colony) to
ny to ensure that it gets at least
the degree of attention it deserves.
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