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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 181 OF 16 FEBRUARY, 1973.
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM WATSON.
HONG KONG MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM,
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 178.
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1. I ASSUME THAT HADDON-CAVE'S STATEMENT AROSE FROM A DECISION
OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BASED ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PAPER MENTIONED
IN YOUR LETTER TO ME OF 28 DECEMBER.
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2. WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THIS PAPER. COULD WE HAVE A COPY AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE?
3. WE ALSO GATHER THAT HADDON-CAVE HAS PROPOSED MEETINGS AT THE
BEGINNING OF MARCH WITH THE CONSORTIA THAT REMAIN IN THE RUNNING,
AND THAT THE ITALIAN AND FRANCO-GERMAN BIDS ARE VERY MUCH OF
THIS NUMBER. YOU WILL, I AM SURE, BEAR IN MIND OUR DISTINCT POLITICAL INTEREST IN THE INTENTIONS OF OUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS
AS WELL AS OF THE JAPANESE.
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