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TO PRIORITY DT I TELNO CREDA 55 OF 30 JUNE, 1977
INFO F C O, HONG KONG AND TOKYO.
HONG KONG POWER STATION PROJECT:
B.T.C. HONG KONG TELNO CREDA 95.
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NEXT REF.
1. AT THE DISCUSSION WHICH I HAD WITH THE JAPANESE
AMBASSADOR ON THE PROSPECTS FOR A LONGTERM ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN JAPANESE COMPANIES AND CHINA, HE SAID HE THOUGHT THAT THE KEY TO AN AGREEMENT WOULD BE CHINESE WILLINGNESS TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO SUPPLY OIL. THE MAIN JAPANESE INTEREST IN COAL SUPPLIES WOULD BE IN STEAM COAL FOR POWER STATIONS RATHER THAN FOR COKING COAL OF WHICH THEY ALREADY HAD ASSURED SUPPLIES FROM ELSEWHERE. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE JAPANESE HAD RECEIVED SOME INDICATION THAT THE CHINESE WERE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY IN ANHWEI PROVINCE FOR WHICH THE OUTLET WOULD BE THE PORT OF LIEN YUNKANG. ALTHOUGH AT PRESENT SMALL THIS PORT WAS A GOOD ONE CAPABLE OF DEVELOPMENT AND NOT AS VULNERABLE TO EITHER
CONGESTION OR EARTHQUAKES AS THE PORTS IN THE GULF OF POHAI.
HE CONFIRMED THAT THE JAPANESE COMPANIES CONCERNED WOULD BE
SENDING A SPECIALISED DELEGATION TO PEKING IN THE NEAR FUTURE
TO EXAMINE FURTHER WITH THE CHINESE WHAT COMMODITIES AND
EQUIPMENT MIGHT BE SUITABLE FOR INCLUSION IN A LONGTERM TRADE ARRANGEMENT.
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ADDIITONAL DISTRIBUTION HONG KONG POWER STAMON
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS Asjpus
MR CERTAZZI
MR BUTLER
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