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HKK 1731
RECEIVED IN REGISTOY NO. $1
2 JAN 1980
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
REGIS RY Action Taku
No
RJMR
094-3.
HOFO C22/02
PP DOT
GPS 133
CONFIDENTIAL
FM B T C HONG KONG €28935Z JAN 80
TO PRIORITY DO T
NO DISTRIBUTION
TELEGRAM NUMBER CREDA 2 OF 2 JANUARY
Top +2 DOT/CRE
TRED
Pusa (2) R124.
PERSONAL FOR ROYCE FROM MARCH: KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY. YOUR LETTER OF 21 DECEMBER. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP AND NOTE THAT FUTURE EXCHANGES ON THIS PROJECT WILL BE IN CREDA SERIES. 2. MEANWHILE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT I CANNOT MONITOR PROGRESS
ON THE ACCOUNTS SUBMISSION WHICH ACCOMPANIED BALFOUR BEATTY'S BID BECAUSE MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE HICCUP DERIVES ONLY FROM MY PRIVATE SOURCE. IF YOU WISH ME TO ACT, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE
EQUEST TO USE MY GOOD OFFICES SHOULD COME EITHER FROM MOSS (WITH FULL DETAILS) OR THROUGH HIS LOCAL AGENTS FOR THIS PROJECT WHO I UNDERSTAND (AGIN ONLY FROM MY SOURCE) TO BE JARDINES. IT WOULD BE A TRAGEDY IF THE BID FOUNDERED ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICALITY
AND WE WERE UNABLE TO ACT BECAUSE BALFOUR BEATTY HAD NOT SOUGHT
OUR HELP.
MARCH
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