CENFO #11/02
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FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG DATED 1 FEB 230AZ
CONFIDENTIAL
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CHRISTIAN TELEGRAM 39 OF 1 FEBRUARY
TO : FELL (E.C.G.D.) FROM ASTON
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D.T.1. FOR WATSON (0.P.G.) AND MISS WELCH (C.R.E.2), F.C.O. FOR STUART (N.K.1.0.D.) AND FINLAYSON (F.P.D. >
MASS TRANSIT SCHEME
FOLLOWING SITREP IS BASED ON INFORMATION GLEANED BY WEEDON AND MYSELF FROM JONES, CLAGUE AND VIA LORD ALDINGTON · FROM GOVERNOR AND HADDON-CAVE.
CLAGUE
1. STEERING COMMITTEE PAPER HAS BEEN FINALISED AND WILL PROBABLY CIRCULATE DURING THIS WEEK. PRESENT EXPECTATION IS THAT IT WILL BE TAKEN BY EXCO IN TWO WEEKS TIME. DOES NOT YET KNOW WHETHER HE WILL BE ALLOWED TO SEE THE PAPER AS A MEMBER OF EXCO OR NOT. SIR SIDNEY GORDON (KADOOR IE GROUP) IS IN THE SAME POSITION. HADDON-CAVE IS SEEKING RULING FROM THE GOVERNOR ON WHETHER NORMAL RULES SHOULD BE WAIVED. CLAGUF TOLD US THAT UNLESS THEY ARE THERE COULD BE DIFFICULTY IN DUE COURSE BECAUSE WITH SUCH A LARGE PROJECT IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT VIRTUALLY EVERYONE OF THE SIX UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXCO WILL BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE SHORT LISTED GROUPS.
2. THE STEERING COMMITTEE PAPER APPEARS TO DEAL WITH THREE MAIN POINTS FOR DECISION.
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