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KANAV 1978
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 417 OF 25 MAY
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
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YOUR TELNO 571 TO HONGAID: EXPLOSIVES PLANT. 1. WE ARE CONCERNED AT THIS DECISION. ICT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY REACT
SHARPLY AND WE SHALL NEED TO BRIEF MINISTERS.
2. WE HAVE SEEN EXCO MEMORANDUM XCC(78)43 FROM WHICH IT IS CLEAR
THAT ON THE TECHNICAL AND COST FACTORS THE DECISION WAS FAIRLY
EVENLY BALANCED. DECIDING FACTOR WAS THE WEIGHT TO BE GIVEN TO THE
POLITICAL AND SECURITY ASPECTS. IT WOULD HELP IN SUBMITTING TO
MINISTERS IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THE GROUNDS ON WHICH IT WAS
CONCLUDED THAT THESE ASPECTS WERE SUFFICIENT ULTIMATELY TO SWING
THE DECISION AGAINST IC1.
3. ONCE THE DECISION IS ANNOUNCED, IF THIS IS AS GIVEN, WE KNOW THAT ICI WILL VICOUROUSLY CHALLENGE. THE CONCLUSION THAT THEIR
PRODUCTS ARE TECHNICALLY INFERIOR. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT
THE DECISION CAN BE DELAYED WHILE ICT ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REFUTE THE CONTENTION THAT THEIR SMALL DIAMETER CARTRIDGES ARE
LESS RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE THAN THOSE OF DUPONT?
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MR.CORTAZZI MR.MURRAY
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