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PRH Wright Esq
Private Secretary to the Prime
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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY
HONG KONG POWER STATION PROJECT
My Secretary/Minister of State has seen your letter
of 9 May which recorded that the Prime Minister had
asked that HM Ambassador in Tokyo should be informed of
the Prime Minister's discussion of the Hong Kong power
station project with the Japanese Prime Minister the
previous day.
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The Secretary/Minister of State agrees that we must
keep HM Ambassador in Tokyo informed about the China
Light and Power discussions. However, in his opinion
the Government needs to be careful not to put too much
overt pressure on the Japanese in respect of this
contract. If it became known that Britain had exerted
trong pressure on Japan not to put in a competitive
tender (and it would be difficult for us to do this
without it becoming known) the repercussions might be
embarrassing especially in Hong Kong. For it would
appear that Hong Kong consumers were being required to
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