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TELEGRAM NUMBER INDUS 310 OF 5 DECEMBER.
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1. MIFT CONTAINS A DRAFT DOI PRESS RELEASE, FOR ISSUE AS NEAR CO-INCIDENTALLY AS POSSIBLE WITH CLP'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON 12 DECEMBER.
2. THE DRAFT IS NOT FINAL. IT IS BEING SEEN SIMULTANEOUSLY BY LIPPITT, AND WILL HAVE TO BE CLEARED WITH MR ALAN WILLIAMS, AS WELL OF COURSE AS BALFOUR BEATTY. HOWEVER HAVELOCK SUGGESTS
YOU TRY IT ON CLP AS A WORKING DRAFT. WE SHOULD NATURALLY ALSO LET THEM SEE ANY LATER VERSIONS FOLLOWING THEIR AND OTHERS'
COMMENTS.
3. PLEASE PASS TEXT TO KEN ODELL FOR HIS COMMENTS, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR HIS ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:-
(4) IS THE REFERENCE TO THE SUBCONTRACTORS CORRECT? WE NEED TO BE SURE WE HAVE COMPANY TITLES EXACTLY RIGHT. I ASSUME IT IS RIGHT TO SHOW BICC POWER CABLES AS A SUBCONTRACTOR BUT TO LET THE MAIN CONTRACTOR, BALFOUR BEATTY LTD, SUBSUME THE OHL PART OF THE ORDER. WHAT IS THE POSITION ON TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURERS? IF IT IS STILL TWO, BUT COULD YET BECOME ONLY ONE, SHOULD EITHER BE NAMED AND IF NOT, SHOULD BICC? (OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL WE SHOULD PREFER TO NAME SUBCONTRACTORS). DO REACTORS NEED A SEPARATE MENTION?
(3) WHAT ROUNDED FIGURE SHOULD BE QUOTED FOR UK GOODS AND SERVICES (I THINK WE HAVE BEEN USING POUNDS STERLING 55M)? (C) IS IT POSSIBLE TO GIVE AN INDICATION OF THE MAN-YEARS OF WORK (AT BB AND SUBCONTRACTORS) OFFERED BY THIS PROJECT? PERHAPS MORE REALISTICALLY, WE NEED LOCATIONS OF PLANTS WHERE WORK IS TO BE PROVIDED (BB AND SUBCONTRACTORS),
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(D) IS IT CORRECT TO SAY WORK WILL BE PROVIDED **OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS'' OR IS PHASING SO UNCERTAIN THAT NO SPECIFIC TIMESCALE SHOULD BE CITED?
3.(SIC) THE DRAFT (AND THE ABOVE QUESTIONS) HAS BEEN SENT ALSO TO SIDCUP, ADDRESSED TO MR ODELL, AS AGREED WITH HIM. HOWEVER IT IS BEING ASSUMED, ON THE ADVICE OF ODELL'S SECRETARY, THAT COMMENTS ON CONTENT AND ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE WILL BE PROVIDED BY ODELL AND OTHERS IN HONG KONG, AND THAT THE UK END WILL LIMIT ITSELF TO CLEARANCE BY BB/BICC PUBLICITY PEOPLE.
4. PLEASE ALSO ASK ODELL WHETHER BALFOUR BEATTY IS, AS WE SHOULD ASSUME, ITSELF PROPOSING A SIMULTANEOUS PRESS RELEASE ON 12TH. IF SO, WE SHOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IS PROPOSED, TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY,
5. WE SHOULD WELCOME YOUR OWN COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT OR ON ANY OF THE ABOVE.
6. WE SHALL AIM TO HAVE A REVISED VERSION, INCORPORATING COMMENTS, TO YOU FOR 0801007. WE SHOULD IN TURN LIKE TO SEE CLP'S OWN PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT IN ADVANCE, COULD YOU ESTABLISH WHAT TIME OF DAY THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO BE MADE?
NOTE FROM FCO COMMS: DRAFT AS RECEIVED WITH TWO PARA 35.
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