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OVERSEAS FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
1 VICTORIA STREET
LONDON SWI
01-222 7877
Ext: 3649
13 April 1973
K W Cotterill Esq
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Aldermanbury House
Aldermanbury
LONDON EC2
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HONG KONG MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM
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M. Goodfellow then PIA I agreed this
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Thank you for your letter of 5 April, and
or your notes of the
meetings held in Hong Kong over 19/20 March, for which I was grateful.
We spoke about the suggestion in the last paragraph of your letter that there should be a single point in London for all cables. I agree that we should try to do this as far as possible, and I think that it would be right for OPG (specifically Les Watson) to do it as part of OPG's continuing co-ordinating role in relation to this project. In particular, he would answer all questions about HMG's general attitude towards alternative groupings to the all-British Group.
We should not, however, have an inflexible rule, as there will be occasions when another Department should answer. If, for example, a cable refers exclusively to the responsibilities of ECGD, then it would obviously make sense for ECGD to answer it, after any necessary consultation.
I think you agreed with this.
F W GLAVES-SMITH
cc. A C Stuart Esq
D M Kerr Esq
G F Finlayson Esq R Jones Esq
AL Ryan Esq
Miss C Welch
P Homan Esq
T W Aston Esq CMG
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FCO (HK & IOD) FCO FP & AD) FCO (EPD)
HM Treasury
Bank of England
DTI CRE2
DTI MME
Hong Kong