CONFIDENT FAL
CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 45
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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16 JANUARY 1969
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TELEGRAM 45 OF 16 JANUARY.
MY TELEGRAM 19: CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL.
WE ARE INFORMED THAT MR MONTAGUE OF BNEC TOLD A MEETING OF THE HONG
KONG ASSOCIATION IN LONDON THAT HE HAD LEARNED FROM RELIABLE SOURCES
THAT ECGD HAD APPROACHED THE FRENCH WITH A PROPOSAL THAT THE TUNNEL
BE JOINTLY FINANCED BY BRITISH AND FRENCH INTERESTS. THERE SEEMS TO
BE SOME CONFIRMATION IN THAT THE TUNNEL COMPANY HAS BEEN INFORMED
BY THE FRENCH THAT THERE MAY BE A FEW DAYS' DELAY IN CONCLUDING THEIR PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS, IN THE LIGHT OF INFORMATION RECEIVED
FROM LONDON.
2. THE TUNNEL COMPANY HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED OF ANY SUCH PROPOSALS
BY ECGD AND I WOULD BE GLAD OF ANY INFORMATION AS TO DEVELOPMENTS.
SIR D, TRENCH
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HONG KONG DEPT.
FAR EASTERN DEPT.
F.P. & A. D.
W. EUR. DEPT.
EX. PROM. DEPT.
SIR A. GALSWORT HY MR. MORETON
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