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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted. Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
DRAFT
LETTER
Type 1 +
To:-
D L Hawkins Esq
HM Treasury
Great George Street
From
E
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
LONDON SW 1
..In Confidence
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R.
Jones Est
HM Treasury
G M Lambert Esq Overseas Dept. Bank of England
for
A F Tons Esq DTI
D A T Thain Esq
Thin ODA
LC Watson Esq Watson DTI
way.con
J M Wilson Esq EPD
C P Raylings ECGD
Wade Gery Esq
FPAD
J K Blackwell Esq CBE
Hong ong
Robins Esq
DTI
I am sorry that you have had to wait so long
for our views on the proposed Hong Kong underground
railway.
2.
In his letter to Jones of 15 December, 1970, Toms
summarized the facts available to CRE. We here cannot
add anything to what he said about the possibility of
the scheme being approved by the Hong Kong Government.
Nor do we know what financial arrangements the Hong
Kong Government are likely to propose should they
decide to go ahead with the plans prepared by Freeman
written to the Governor Fox and Partners.
We
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copy of the letter
and we should be grateful if you and the
is attached.
and
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other recipients of this letter would give uɛ any views you or they may have on the enclosed draft. t
British
We regard it as particularly important that
firms should secure a reasonable share of the contracts
(up for renver that will be/en offer if the scheme is approved.
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the same time we think it would be unwise to attempt
As you
in any way to persuade the Hong Kong Government to
give preferential treatment to our firms.
know, the Hong Kong Government feel strongly that it
is up to commerce and industry in the UK to make the
most of the advantages they have stemming from the
fact that Hong Kong is a British Colony.
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