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3. I HAVE CHECKED THAT DAVID JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC
SERVICES, HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE PRESS RELEASE IN ITS PRESE
FORM ALTHOUGH HE WOULD WISH TO BE CONSULTED ABOUT ANY REFERENCE
TO THE LINK TO THE CHINESE BORDER BECAUSE THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TO CHINA HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SCHEME OF CONTROL. I UNDERSTAND
FROM ODELL THAT THE SPUR WOULD BE WORTH ANADEEE
FROM ODELL THAT THE SPUR WOULD BE WORTH AN ADDITIONAL POUNDS
STERLING 12 MILLION OF WHICH POUNDS STERLING 11 MILLION WOULD
REPRESENT UK GOODS AND SERVICES.
4. STRESSING THAT IT WAS A WORKING DRAFT ONLY, I SUBSEQUENTLY
SHOWED YOUR TEXT (WITH ODELL'S AMENDMENTS INCORPORATED) TO
SIDNEY GORDON. HE HAD TWO COMMENTS. FIRST THE REFERENCE IN THE
FINAL SENTENCE TO THE SUPPLY OF UK GOODS AND SERVICES SEEMED
UNNECESSARY AS IT DETRACTED FROM THE FIGURE GIVEN IN THE TITLE
AND PARAGRAPH ONE. SECOND, HE THOUGHT THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME
REFERENCE TO THE LINE TO THE BORDER AS IT WOULD BRING THE VALUE
OF THE ORDER UP TO JUST SHORT OF POUNDS STERLING 100 MILLION.
I SAID THAT I WAS NOT SURE WHY WE NEEDED TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE
TO THE UK GOODS AND SERVICES VALUE IN A PRESS RELEASE OF THIS NATURE AND WOULD PASS ON HIS COMMENT. I ALSO SAID THAT, WHILE I DID NOT THINK THAT WE WOULD OBJECT TO THE INCLUSION OF A
REFERENCE TO THE LINK WITH CHINA, I HOPED THAT CLP WOULD CLEAR
THEIR LINES WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. GORDON SAID THAT THEY
WOULD GIVE US FURTHER COMMENTS AFTER THEIR BOARD MEETING TOMORROW
MORNING (8 DECEMBER) WHEN THEY EXPECT TO A PROVE THE ISSUE
CF A LETTER OF INTENT.
5. THE NEWS OF CHINA'S WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS SALES CF ELECTRICITY ACROSS THE BORDER (SEE MY INDUS 214 AND 217) HAS NOW
BROKEN IN THE LOCAL PRESS AND KADOORIE THEREFORE BELIEVES THAT
HE SHOULD NOT MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT PROVISION FOR THIS IS INCLUDED IN CLP'S NEW TRANSMISSION DEVELOPMENT SCHEME.
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