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NOTHING TO BE WR
Registry
No. HKK 6/548/3
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential,
Restricted. Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
DRAFT
LETTER
To:-
ли
25
M. P. V. Hannam, Esq.,
United Kingdom Trade
Commissioner,
HONG KONG
Type 1 +
From
43
W. S. Carter
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Now I
I had intended writing before Easter. tosay The Gap is an enormouse one. I must exprere my sincere am later than ever with my newsletter to your Complete contrition.
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Now that the Tunnel project is home
and dry
disagreements
barring last minute
on detail
wish to expiren cur
and helpful
We here
' and admiration
Gratitude for the
skilful way in which
in which you have
handled in alters at your end.
your
But for
adinmestration's
think the Tunnel Co.
would not so
early have retiraced Melvin the pala
into the arms of
ECG) -hor for
that matter
world ECG) have so
readily received them. The
e
neg diations
for
canted us a little anxiety in the
latter stages when it came to
defineną
The political circumstances
in which the separate quarantees of
Ihe shareholders
be whind
se
world mat
not apply.
S
However, we had always anticipated
bonus so far seems to be that the Company and broadly acceptable the Department's proposals for proportionate
guarantees. Evidently the Company's own lawyer has
varying come up with a helpful suggestion for following the formula for dealing with the political risks.
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