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TO PRIORITY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY TELNO INDUS 59 OF 25 MARCH, 1980.
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1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDUS 96 ABOUT JOHN LIPPITT. I DECIDED NOT
TO INFORM KADOORIE AND CLP UNTIL THEIR RETURN FROM CANTON ON THURSDAY 20 MARCH. COMING IN ADVANCE OF A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM LIPPITT AND IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE WITH THE CLP TEAM, THE NEWS WOULD HAVE CONFUSED KADOORIE AT A TIME WHEN IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HE BE CONVINCED CF HMG'S COMMITMENT TO THE GUANGDONG PROJECT.
2. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT CLP ARE CONCERNED THAT IT TOOK SO LONG TO COME FORWARD WITH DR. MARSHALL'S NOMINATION AND THAT WE HAVE YET TO MAKE A RESPONSE TO THEIR REQUEST FOR NOMINEES TO THE WORKING SUB-COMMITTEE. I HAVE OF COURSE EXPLAINED THE NEED TO OBTAIN MINISTERIAL AUTHORITY BUT SIDNEY GORDON IN PARTICULAR IS UNHAPPY THAT EVEN NOW WE HAVE NOT FORMALLY PRESENTED MARSHALL AS OUR OFFICIAL NOMINEE.
3. MARSHALL TOLD KADOORIE LAST NIGHT THAT HE HAD BEEN APPOINTED ALTHOUGH HE WARNED THAT HE COULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO ATTEND EVERY MEETING WITH KEC. IS THIS SOMETHING ON WHICH MARSHALL HAS MADE UP HIS MIND SINCE LEAVING THE U.K. OR DOES THE CAVEAT IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF LIPPITT'S INDUS 76 OF 12 MARCH NO LONGER APPLY?
4. MEANWHILE I AM TAKING THE LINE THAT MARSHALL WILL BE A KEY FIGURE IN THE SELECTION OF OUR NOMINEES FOR THE OTHER POSTS. 15 THIS CORRECT?
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