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AKK 16+/!
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CYPHER/CAT A
FM BTC HONG KONG 270500Z
CONFIDENTIAL
TO PRIORITY D T I TELNO CREDA 138 OF 27 AUGUST
FOR MACDONALD IC2.
INDIA
PLEASE REFER TO CREDA 232 FROM BIRD EPT1.
194
REY
THE INFORMATION THAT HK ELECTRIC ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW POWER STATION IS, OF COURSE, NEWS TO ME. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THI THE THREE FURTHER 125 MW UNITS ON ORDER FROM MITSUBISHI FOR 1979, 1980 AND 1981 ARE DESIGNED TO MEET PROJECTED POWER REQUIREMENTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
2. I SEE THAT THERE WAS PRESS SPECULATION LAST YEAR THAT HONG KONG
ELECTRIC AND CLP/PEPCO MIGHT COMBINE TO MEET TOTAL POWER NEEDS OF THE COLONY BEYOND 1981 BUT THIS WOULD OF COURSE CONTRADICT CURRE
CLP/PEPCO THINKING AS KNOWN TO US.
3. TODAY BEING SATURDAY AND MONDAY A PUBLIC HOLIDAY I CANNOT MAKE
ENQUIRIES WITH URGENCY SUGGESTED BY. THE IMMEDIATE DESKBY RATING OF BIRD'S TELEGRAM. MY OFF THE CUFF RESPONSE IS THAT, IF THE CLP/PEPCO DEAL GOES AHEAD, EXPANSION BY HK ELECTRIC WOULD APPEAR UNNECESSARY. COULD THIS BE AN ATTEMPT AT WEDGE DRIVING OR AT DISCOVERY NATURE OF OUR PACKAGE?
4. I SHOULD THEREFORE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS AS I AM HAMPERED BY
LACK OF PRECISION ABOUT APPROACHES TO UNNAMED UK POWER PLANT MANUFACTURERS.
MARCH