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FM DTI 24194OZ
CONFIDENTIAL
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HKK, 164/1
- 1 MAD 1978
OFFICE
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Dop&industry TRET HEGD
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TO IMMEDIATE BTC HỌNG KONG TEL NO INDUS 61 OF 24 FEBRUARY
FROM HAVELOCK TO MARCH
YOUR INDUS 28. MOSS SEEMS TO HAVE GONE WELL BEYOND HIS BRIEF AGREED AT OUR PRELIMINARY MEETING HERE. WE AGREED THAT MOSS WOULD
SEE STONES AND COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE ROUTE SURVEY
WHICH WE BELIEVE TO BE A CRITICAL PART OF THE PROJECT. WE WERE TOLD THAT CLP HAD ALREADY ASKED BALFOUR BEATTY TO QUOTE FOR THIS WORK THE COST OF WHICH WOULD BE INCLUSIVE IN THE PACKAGE IF BALFOURS GOT FURTHER CONTRACTS. IF NOT BALFOUR BEATTY WOULD
BE RECOMPENSED BY CLP. MOSS WAS TOLD CATEGORICALLY THAT WE
COULD NOT AT THIS STAGE COME TO A VIEW ON BALFOUR BEATTY BEING MAIN CONTRACTOR ALTHOUGH THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY AN OPTION. WE WAS TOLD THAT HE SHOULD NOT CONVEY THIS IDEA TO STONES THOUGH WE.. SAW NO OBJECTION TO SOUNDING STONES OUT ON CLP'S PREFERENCES. ON PRESENT PLANS I WILL BE TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG TO ARRIVE ABOUT THE 13TH MARCH. CONFIRMATION WILL FOLLOW BUT I WILL BE GLAD IF YOU WILL TELEX IF THIS IS CONVENIENT.
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