VVUI ELA
DID
HE STRESSED WOULD ONLY BE A ''BID'' HOT A ''CONTRACT''
10.
WHICH
WOULD NOT MATTER IF THE PRICE WENT OVER THE CEILING R IF THERE WAS SOME PROVISION FOR ESCALATION. THIS COULD E COVERED BY ADJUSTING, THE CASH FLOW AND HE WAS SURE THAT .AZARDS, ETC. COULD DEVISE PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THAT. (HE IAS AWARE THAT SOME THINKING HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS).
/11.
GE FIVE
HE APPEARED TO BE CONVINCED THAT SOME MEMBERS OF ITISH GROUP SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE FROM OUTSET THAT ILING PRICE WAS NEGOTIABLE AND WAS THEREFORE THE MORE AZED THAT THEY HAD BEEN INHIBITED BY IT (I SAID THAT
MY KNOWLEDGE NO ONE HAD BEEN GIVEN HINTS THAT CEILING ICE COULD BE EXCEEDED - A FIXED PRICE WITHIN THE CEILING n BEEN PUSHED HARD BY STEERING GROUP AS AN ABSOLUTE).
AS RESULT OF THIS DISCUSSION I AM CONVINCED THAT: (A) SOME REPRESENTATIVES WITH POWERS TO DISCUSS AND IFT ON THE SPOT, SHOULD COME OUT URGENTLY WHILE PICAGLI
HERE.
(B) THEY WILL BE GIVEN ASSISTANCE BY STEERING GROUP PREPARING A DOCUMENT THAT COULD BE PRESENTED TO EXCO A VIABLE COUNTER BID WITH CHANCE OF BEING ACCEPTED AS ASIS OF FURTHER NEGOTIATION.
(C) THEY MUST BE PREPARED TO GIVE A PRICE - BUT IT LD BE OVER THE CEILING IF THE CASH FLOW IS ADJUSTED.
(D) IF THIS IS NOT DONE THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL ARE TUALLY NIL.
JN
:
FIRST WORD LINE 5 PARA 1 AS RECEIVED.
NO PARA 6G RECEIVED.