GR 75%
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER/CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY NO. 51
FM BTC HONG KONG 2810452
CONFIDENTIAL
29 JUN1977
PICK 164/1
TO IMMEDIATE D TI TELNO CREDA 95 OF 28 JUNE
INFO PRIORITY F C O AND PEKING.
INFO SAVING TOKYO.
FOR MACDONALD 1C2 AND ROBERTS CRE4. WET
REF.
(113)
REXT
POWER STATION PROJECT.
AEF,
(112) (118)
|ศ) (2)
114
YOUR TEL CREDA 150.
I AM PROMISED DELIVERY OF THE CLP SPECIFICATION GUIDANCE
TOMORROW MORNING IN TIME TO CATCH THE CONFIDENTIAL BAGE DUE TO ARRIVE LONDON ON FRIDAY JULY 1. STONES HAS NOT YET GIVEN INDICATION OF PRICE BEYOND THAT REFLECTED IN PARA 3 (111) OF MACDONALD'S MINUTE OF 20 JUNE. BUT IS WILL PRESS HIM AGAIN WHEN I COLLECT THE
SPECIFICATION.
2. WHEN I CALLED ON SIR LAWRENCE EARLIER TODAY HE TOLD ME THAT HE
IS CONFIDENT THAT THE SITE ON NORTH EAST LANTAU WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AND CLP/PEPCO PROPOSE TO ENGAGE A PRIVATE CONSULTANT TO CARRY OUT A PRELIMINARY SITE SUITABLILITY INVESTIGATION.
CLP WILL IN FUTURE REFER TO THE SCHEME AS 'PROJECT 77''.
STRESSING THAT HE WAS SPEAKING IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY SIR LAWRENCE
SAID THAT WHILE IN THE UK HE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE PRICE QUOTED
FOR THE POWER STATION PACKAGE MIGHT REFLECT HMG'S INTERVENTION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:-
(A)
SUBSIDY TO THE PLANT MANUFACTURERS,
(B) PROVISION OF CIF PRICE WITH HMG ABSORBING PART OF THE FREIGHT
COST,
/(c)
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