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RECEIVED IN MOISEY NO. 51
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1. DURING A BRIEF CONVERSATION AT LUNCH SIR SIDNEY GORDON SAID
THAT CLP WOULD FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PROCEED WITH THE EVALUATION
'A OF OUR BID WITHOUT A BREAKDOWN OF PRICE. HE SAID THAT ** PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE BY CEGB'' HAD SUGGESTED A PRICE ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT BELOW OUR BID AND HE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE INCREASE HAD OCCURRED. AS I WAS UNAWARE THAT THE CEGB HAD INDICATED ANY MARKER PRICE, I OFFERED NO COMMENT.
2. HOWEVER I SAID THAT WE WERE LOOKING INTO THE EXTENT OF THE PRICE BREAKDOWN WHICH COULD BE PROVIDED ALTHOUGH THE REQUEST RECEIVED BY TELEX FROM CLP WAS VERY GENERAL. SIR SÍDNEY SAID THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE HE FELT IT NECESSARY TO INSIST ON A FULL PRICE BREAKDOWN AND HE WOULD IN
DUE COURSE LET ME HAVE THESE ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS.
3. IF YOU CAN SEND ME AN INTERIM REACTION TO THE CLP REQUEST
BY 0901002, I SHALL TRY OUT YOUR PROPOSALS ON SIR SIDNEY WITH WHOM I AM DUE TO PLAY GOLF ON SUNDAY MORNING.
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