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* No. 51 K129
-8 JUL 1977
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NOTED. STONES TELLS ME THAT W C EDWARDS OF OVERSEAS CONSULTANCY CEGB BARNWOOD SENT TELEGRAMS TO CLP'S PERSONNEL MANAGER FIRST ASKING HIM TO ARRANGE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION AND MEET MESSRS MASDING AND GILSON AND THEN CANCELLING THE OPERATION. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CEGB SHOULD RECOGNISE THAT CLP ARE THE INTENDED CUSTOMER AND THAT IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ARRANGE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION ON BEHALF OF INVESTIGATION STAFF SENT OUT BY HMG.
2. I BELIEVE THAT CEGB MAY MISUNDERSTAND ITS ROLE IN THIS EXERCISE. FENTON, WHO WAS HERE EARLIER THIS WEEK HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HIS HQ SUGGESTING THAT THE CEGB WERE TO WORK AS CONSULTANTS FOR THE CLP COMPANY. ON THE BASIS PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO. 46 I TOLD HIM THAT CEGB WOULD BE WORKING FOR HMG - NOT CLP.
1 URGED HIM TO CHECK THE POSITION ON HIS RETURN TO LONDON.
3. WHEN REVISED ARRANGEMENTS FOR CEGB VISIT ARE MADE, STONES WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MORE PRECISE DEFINITION OF THE TEAM'S IMMEDIATE
OBJECTIVES.
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