SC
+3
1125/
INDEX
HKK 164/1
RECEIV
2 7 FEB 1978
DISK OFFICES
10. 51
REGISTRY
PA
Action Take
HOFO 044/23
PP D 0 1
RR DO T
X
NO DISTRIBUTION
Dol
Sed 32
k129
TRED 2
GR 810
CYPHER CAT A
FM BTC HONG KONG 231046Z
CONFIDENTIAL
TO PRIORITY DO I TELNO INDUS 28 OF 23 FEBRUARY 1978 INFO D O T (FOR CRE4)
YOUR INDUS 51. CLP TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.
MOSS AND I CALLED ON STONES THIS MORNING. UNTIL MOSS'S ARRIVAL
I WAS NOT AWARE (SEE MY LETTER OF 20 FEB TO LIPPITT) THAT YOUR THINKING HAD REACHED A STAGE WHERE MOSS WOULD BE EXPECTING ME TO OUTLINE YOUR THINKING ON THE PREPARATION OF A PACKAGE FOR CLP'S 400KVA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.
2. ACTING ON A BRIEF PROVIDED BY MOSS AND STRESSING THAT I WAS
NOT PRESENTING FORMAL PROPOSALS AT THIS STAGE, I SAID THAT WE ENVISAGED A PACKAGE FOR THE WHOLE SYSTEM CO-ORDINATED BY HMG WITH THE CEGB AGAIN ACTING AS CONSULTANTS AND DESIGNERS AND WITH
BALFOUR BEATTY AS MAIN CONTRACTORS WITH OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT TO CEGB SPECIFICATIONS. TIMING RESTRAINTS MADE IT ALMOST CERTAIN THAT BALFOUR BEATTY WOULD
ARRANGE IN-HOUSE SUPPLY OF OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND CABLES FOR PHASE ONE BUT DOMESTIC TENDERING WOULD BE ARRANGED FOR SWITCHGEAR, TRANSFORMERS ETC FOR THE SUBSTATIONS,