JFO 031/17
PP DO T
GR 120
RECEIVED IN
RY Mo. 51
REPI
20 OCT 1975
JEP + 2:
NET
100
CYPHER/CAT A
FM BTC HONG KONG 171000Z
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HKK 2/x
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R129 TRED
HKIOD 2x
TO PRIORITY DO T TELNO CREDA 123 OF 17 OCTOBER.
FOR REDRUP, DOT INFO ROBERTS, CRE4.
FROM KINNEAR.
MY TEL CREDA 120: MASS TRANSIT.
R2
1. I HAVE SEEN A COPY OF THOMPSON'S TELEX TO KIER.
163)
AS WELL AS SUGGESTING AN APPROACH TO THE MIDLAND BANK HE PROPOSED THAT THEY MIGHT, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, FIND A THIRD PARTNER AND I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PURSUING THIS COURSE.
2. I BELIEVE THAT HIP HING, A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION FIRM WITH WHOM KIER HAVE CONTACTS, MAY SUGGEST THAT REFERENCE TO THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH HIP HING MIGHT HELP KIER WITH THE BOARD OF THE MASS TRANSIT CORPOR- ATION. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER HIP HING WILL GO SO FAR AS TO PROPOSE A JOINT AND SEVERAL PARTNERSHIP. AS TIME IS VERY SHORT, I HAVE SOUNDED OUT THOMPSON TO GET HIS REACTION AND IT IS CLEAR THE HE WOULD REGARD SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT VERY MUCH AS A LAST RESORT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE ADVISABLE TO INFORM ROBINSON OF J L KIER OF THIS, IN
CONFIDENCE.
KINNEAR
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