copies of course to
am of
had to consult ECGD about this, as well as the
Board of Trade; because any such Question would
answered
New mater
have to be asked by them. At this stage, we have al the reaction of ECGD, which is substantially the same as ours, that a Parliamentary Question Would
awkward
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not be justifice at this stage. I cannot sag that their reasons for reaching this conclusion are
because
See difficulty
the
same as our own they are not. Speaking for
In embarking on Inch an exerms at any time.
A
ourselves, we see du Fargely influenced by the
tut mat are
labond" it and of
fact that We would have to consult the Hong Kong Government before we asked the Qucetion and at
the same time indicate the sort of replies we proposed to give. I am rather afraid that they might interpret the exercise as an attempt to
put the blame on them. ECGD. and for all I know
you yourself might well feel,if the French won the day that the Hong Kong Government was largely
However, we have not taken a for al view to blame. But without going into the argument too cizesip; we would find considerable difficulty in- adopting your proposal. We still have to hear from the Board of Trade about this and when we do
I will write at greater length. Let us hope that we can avoid any difference of opinion between us by not letting the French capture the project!
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I am sure that you are right to say that the improvements of Kai Tak (another subject on which I have a word to say) are another matter which
Hong Kong feels is not essential in her own interests but of greater importance to ourselves. Unfortunately, this is not a stage in our
Dreamy,
negotiations with the Board of Trade at which to
develop this line of argument too far. It is all very well to say, as I did at a recent meeting with the Treasury, the Board of Trade and ODM, that the
UK stands to benefit greatly from the extension
of the airport, but we lose half the case
possibly the whole of it in these days of financial stringency
Q
-
- and
if we pretend that there is nothing in it for Hong Kong. The Treasury have now asked us to prepare a sort of cost/benefit analysis
demonstrating the value of the exercise to the
Since we could not
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supplementaries
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boomed be limited in seque
as the question.
But
even if this were substantially Fone are worked
not helps either ow
cations with Hong Kong
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