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PA
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GRS 150 PRIORITY
CYPHER CAT/A
FM TOKYO 150001Z
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18 SEP 1973
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TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO
841 OF
14 SEPT, 1973
HONG KONG MASS TRANSITSCHEME.
HADDON CAVE GAVE DENMAN THIS MORNING A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT
STATE OF PLAY. HONG KONG GROUP WILL BE CONCLUDING THIS EVENING
A TWO DAY DISCUSSION WITH MITSUBISHI.
2. THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PRESIDENT OF MITSUBISHI WOULD
BE MAKING A SURPRISE APPEARANCE HIMSELF AT THE DISCUSSIONS.
HADDON CAVE THOUGHT IT LIKELY THAT THE RESULT MIGHT BE A PRE-
EMPTIVE JAPANESE BID.
3. WE SHALL TRY AND GET IN TOUCH WITH HADDON CAVE BEFORE HE
LEAVES BUT THIS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE.
4
HADDON CAVE SAID THAT WHATEVER THEIR JUDGEMENT OF THE
JAPANESE OFFER IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A VALID BID UNTIL
1 OCTOBER OR LATER WHENEVER THE HONG KONG STEERING GROUP HAD
PRONOUNCED ON ITS VALIDITY, AND WE WOULD OF COURSE IN COMMON
WITH THE OTHER BIDDERS BE GIVEN 30 DAYS' NOTICE IF IT SEEMED AN
ACCEPTABLE BID.
WARNER.
FILES
HRIOD
FED
TRED
MA WILFORD
MR. MARSHALL
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