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TO PRIORITY DOT TELEGRAM NO CREDA 128 OF 28 OCTOBER.
FOR REDRUP OPG FROM KINNEAR.
MY TELEGRAM CREDA 126: MASS TRANSIT.
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IF J L KIER AND WADDINGTON ARE INTERESTED IN THE SECOND ROUND CONTRACTS, THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO ABROAD TO FIND A SUBSTANTIAL PARTNER AS IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT ANY OF THE
LARGER BRITISH CIVIL CONTRACTORS IS INTERESTED, THERE ARE
TWO POSSIBILITIES THEY MIGHT LIKE TO CONSIDER:
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(1) SOCIETE GENERALE D'ENTREPRISE (SGE). THEY HAVE BEEN OUT HERE RECENTLY AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOT ALTOGETHER HAPPY ABOUT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACTS, THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL
COUNSELLOR TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO MAKE UP THEIR MIND BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK, WHETHER OR NOT TO DID: HE BELIEVES THEY COULD BE INTERESTED IN A JOINT VENTURE WITH KIER IF THEY DO
DECIDE TO PROCEED.
(11) THE HOCHTIEFF CONSORTIUM, WHICH BID SUCCESSFULLY FOR ONE OF THE FIRST ROUND CONTRACTS. I UNDERSTAND FROM THOMPSON THAT THEY
ARE NOT AVERSE TO THE IDEA OF A BRITISH PARTNER AND THAT THEY ARE
NOT CHEAP ON BORED TUNNELLING, WHICH IS KIER'S PARTICULAR EXPERTISE.
2. THOMPSON WILL NOT NOW BE VISITING LONDON UNTIL 24 NOVEMBER.
WHILE HE HOPES TO SEE ROBINSON AND MOTT, THE NEXT BIDS ARE DUE IN BY MİD-DECEMBER AND LITTLE TIME WOULD BE LEFT TO COME TO ANY
SUITABLE ARRANGEMENT. IF KIER WANT TO CONTACT SGE, THE CONTACT THERE IS J C BUSSON, TELEX 270653 GIROLOU A RUNGI. NOTHING VERY MUCH
SEEMS TO BE KNOWN AT THIS END ABOUT BOUYGUES' IMMEDIATE INTENTIONS,
3. I TAKE IT THAT THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION OF SOME SORT OF
UNDERTAKING FROM HMG TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT W AND C FRENCH, TO
GET ROUND THE BOARD'S MISGIVINGS AT KIER'S CONNECTION WITH
FRENCH.
KINNEAR