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HONG KONG POWER STATION PROJECT
I do not want to stand in the way of a visit by Mr Lippitt to the Forbidden City. But the Chinese aspect of this project was explored fully at the end of July by our Ambassador with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Vice-Minister for the coal industry (Peking telegrams CREDA 59 and (4), As far as I know there is nothing much more to be said to the Chinese for the present; and they tend to be less impressed than some Governments by visits of high level emissaries, whoever they ay .
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I accept however your underlying; idea that we should not overlook opportunities for keeping the issue before the eyes of the Chinese, Here my thought is that, sulject to developments in the meantime (including: the forthcoming: visit of r Lippitt and his team to How: Tons), in horpe of Merson Strathclyde, who will be visiting Peking at the end of September us the ABEX rep- resentative on a magor filo-British froue Council mission to China led by Loru. Kelson at 416, shouls to encouraged to discuss with the Chincse possille sales or .ining; machinery in the context of Chinese coal export00.
3 In torpe will be able to discuss technical wetails, which the Chinese Yould certainly want to examine exhaustively before moving towarus dy necicion. 1 ghoul. Have thought that this was the most practic: 1 news step, are hat further high-level Government to Govern end contacts were lost left until plans for the new coal turning power lant in Ton Tone), CIG
Tong, and thus for coal for/coal requiˇelent, were more definive
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