CONFIDENTIAL
Copy a
W H Johnson Esq
Export Credits Guarantee Dept
PO Box No 272
Aldermanbury House
HKK 7/1
BC/C 35/2
Aldermanbury
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London EC2P 2EL
25 October 1971
REGISTRY No.51
371
HKK 7/1
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HONG KONG UNDERGROUND AND DESALINATION SCHEMES
Thank you for your letter No BC/C 35/2 of 13 October.
It remains to be seen how the Hong Kong Government will finance these two schemes but, whilst we would not wish the "nonsenses of the tunnel" to be repeated, there is little more we can or should do at this stage by way of lobbying since the only "officers in post" in the sense you mean are those of the British Trade Commission of which Kenneth Blackwell is the head.
J A Clewley
Hong Kong Department
cc G M Lambert S N Chilton J M Willson DA T Thain
Bank of England
DTI Export Planning (2 copies)
FCO Exports Promotion Department (2 copies)
ODA
DTI OPG
LC Watson
V I Chapman
ECGD
D A Ward
ECGD
W H Paxman
ECGD
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