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TELEGRAM NUMBER INDUS 151 OF 31 JULY
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PERSONAL FOR MANZIE, DEPUTY SECRETARY.
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THIS WAS NOT AN EASY CONVERSATION. STONES TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO RE STATE HIS VIEWS ON THE ORGANISATIONAL LINKS REQUIRED IF HMG DECIDES TO BECOME MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT (MY INDUS 142 OF 23 JULY). HE BELIEVES THAT MARSHALL WILL WISH TO EXTEND HIS ROLE IN THE PROJECT AND FEARS THAT UNLESS THERE IS A CLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND AT BOTH THE LONDON AND HONG KONG ENDS THERE COULD BE A BREAKDOWN IN THE COORDINATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENTS IN WHITEHALL, THE AEA, THE NII AND CEGB AND THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. STONES ARGUES THAT HE MUST LEAD AT THIS END AND WANTS TO ESTABLISH A PERSONAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH A SINGLE PERSON IN THE UK WHO WILL DIRECT THE TOTAL UK INPUT.
2. I AM SORRY TO RAISE THIS QUESTION AGAIN BUT SIDNEY GORDON TOO HAS ARXIETIES ON THIS SCORE AND I HOPE YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS PROBLEM WITH KADOORIE DURING HIS CURRENT VISIT.
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