3. SIR LAWRENCE IS STILL EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT THAT OUR PRICE IS AT THE TOP OF CLP'S SCALE OF EXPECTATIONS. HE SAYS THAT THEY HAD BEEN HOPING FOR AN OFFER OF DOLLARS 900 PER KILOWATT. HE IS PARTICULARLY UPSET BY THE FREIGHT ELEMENT WHICH CLP CONSIDER TERRIBLE. STRICTLY FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION HE IS DISTURBED TO FIND THAT SOME OF HIS CHINESE FELLOW DIRECTORS, WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS, ARE NOW HEDGING THEIR POSITIONS DUE TO COMBINATION OF OUR PRICE AND THE DAMAGING PUBLICITY WHICH U.K IS GETTING HERE IN CONTEXT OF THE MULTI-FIBRE AGRFEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. AS I REPORTED BY TELEPHONE WILK'S
RECENT VISIT WAS DOMINATED BY CRITICISM OF OUR ATTITUDE ON
TEXTILES.
4. HE IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING OUR OFFER ON TRANSMISSION AND HOPES THAT THE LARGER PACKAGE MAY EASE HIS POSITION. HE STILL AWAITS TECHNICAL REPORT FROM STONES (WHO RETURNS THIS WEEKEND) SUT GAVE ME FOLLOWING LIST OF ITEMS WHICH CLP'S TECHNICAL PEOPLE HERE WERE
PERTURBED TO SEE OMITTED FROM OUR OFFER:
FIRE PROTECTION, CHEMICAL MONITORING, MAIN CRANES, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, DATA LOGGING EQUIPMENT, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, HYDROGEN PLANT, CHLORINATION PLANT, AIR-CONDITIONING, CIVIL WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, SURVEILLANCE AND T.V MONITORING, STORAGE TANKS, TARIFF METERING, STATION LIGHTING, STATION CLOCKS, LUBRICATION OIL HANDLING, VACUUM PLANT, STATION OVERHEAD LIGHTING PROTECTION AND IF REQUIRED AUXILIARY DIESEL, STANDBY BOILER AND TURBINE CLEANERS.
5. SIR LAWRENCE IS GIVING ME HIS VIEWS ON AN AD HOC BASIS AS THE EVALUATION OF OUR OFFER CONTINUES. AT THE MOMENT HE SAYS HE IS A LITTLE GLOOMY BUT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR
TEAM.
IT WILL BE THEIR TASK TO COUNTER THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE OFFER WHICH AT THIS EARLY STAGE ARE NOT UNEXPECTEDLY BEING LISTED BY CLP'S TECHNICAL STAFF. SIR LAWRENCE REMAINS FIRMLY ON OUR
SIDE.
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