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Mr. Stuart HKIDD.
I trust that this now
we spoke about
progress?
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being handled correctly.
It is mole in
itself of concern to MTD, except.
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1974
TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 248 OF 25 FEBRUARY/INFO BCARFE HONG KONG,
PARAGRAPH 4 OF OUR TELEGRAM NO 242: CPA CHOICE OF WIDE-BODIED
AIRCRAFT.
IN RESPONSE TO THE DTI REQUEST, THE CPA BOARD HAVE AGREED TO DEFER THE SIGNING OF A LETTER OF INTENT FOR WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT UNTIL 18 MARCH. AS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED, THIS DEFERMENT WILL COST THEM U.S. DOLLARS 250,000 IF DOUGLAS EQUIPMENT IS PURCHASED.
2. WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL GIVE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR INCOMING MINISTERS TO CONSIDER THIS QUESTION. OBVIOUSLY SEVERE PROBLEMS CAN ARISE
FROM A SERIES OF DEFERMENTS OF A DECISION OF THIS TYPE AND WE
TRUST THAT IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO SEEK ANY FURTHER ADJUSTMENT
OF THE REVISED DATE,
FCO PASS COPY TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
MACLEHOSE
FILES HKIOD MTD
COPIES TO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON
SECRETARY AEROSPACE
MR DLE B JONES
MR WARRINGTON
MR ROGERS CA2
MR KNIGHTON CA2
MA STEPHENSON CA2 MISS WELCH CREL
DOI
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