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TO ROUTINE DTI TELNO CREDA 34 OF 17 APRIL INFO FCO (FOR HK IOD
(STUART)) TOKYO.
FOR ROYCE (OPG), CRE2(MISS WELCH) AND ECGD (COTTERILL) FROM ASTON.
52 YOUR CREDA 36.
M.T.S.
1. DURING HIS BRIEF STOP OVER AT WEEKEND LORD NELSON HAD PRIVATE LUNCH SESSION WITH GOVERNOR ON 11 APRIL AND A TWO-HOUR SESSION WITH FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON 13 APRIL AT WHICH ONLY WEEDON WAS PRESENT. ALTHOUGH MTS WAS MENTIONED AT BOTH MEETINGS IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED AT LENGTH (OTHER TOPICS SUCH AS NUCLEAR POWER, RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND THE HONG KONG ECONOMY WERE UPPERMOST).
2. ACCORDING TO LORD NELSON AND WEEDON THERE WAS NO REPEAT NO REFERENCE BY EITHER GOVERNOR OR FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO APPROACHES BY THE JAPANESE TO GEC OR VICE VERSA, OR TO POSSIBILITY OF JAPANESE SUBCONTRACTING. NOR EVEN A HINT THAT THEY KNEW ANYTHING.
3. HADDON-CAVE'S MAIN COMMENTS WERE, I UNDERSTAND, THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT JAPANESE WOULD STILL DO IT FOR THE PRICE BUT HE WAS FINDING THEM DIFFICULT TO NEGOTIATE WITH AND TO QUOTE FATHOM UNQUOTE. HE WOULD RATHER HAVE DEALT WITH THE BRITISH BUT SINCE THE JAPANESE WERE THE ONLY ONES TO MEET THE CEILING PRICE HE HAD NO CHOICE.