HOFO 037/06
PP DOT
GR 180
UNCLASSIFIED
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MAED
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COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE
FM BTC HONG KONG @61007Z NOV 80
TO PRIORITY DO T
TELEGRAM NUMBER CREDA 287 OF 6 NOVEMBER
FOR SANSUM, PEP
VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (VTMS)
TREN.
NO DISTRIBUTION
DOT/CRE
he scale. HKK 175/1
RACEIVED IN REGUTRY I
1 1 NOV 1980
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
No
MS
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YOU ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE A CALL NEXT WEEK FROM ONE OR BOTH OF MESSRS A S BATTISON AND T W BAYLISS OF DECCA RADAR LTD. IF WE
HAVE GIVEN THEM YOUR NAME IN ERROR PLEASE REFER THEM TO THE
APPROPRIATE COLLEAGUE.
2. AN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR HONG KONG'S PORT HAS
BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. DECCA RADAR HAVE
KEPT ALONGSIDE PROGRESS AND WERE ENCOURAGED WHEN THE ADMIRALTY SERVICE WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT, CIVIL MARINE DIVISION (ASWE/CMD) WERE INVITED OVER A YEAR AGO TO DRAW UP SPECIFICATIONS. YOU CAN IMAGINE DECCA RADAR'S DISMAY TO LEARN DURING THEIR CURRENT VISIT TO HONG KONG THAT THE CANADIANS AND ONE OF OTHER GOVERNMENT** (PROBABLY JAPAN) HAVE SUBMITTED OFFERS TO PREPARE THE SPECIFICATIONS,
WE HAVE SINCE CONFIRMED WITH HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT AT LEAST THE CANADIANS HAVE PUT IN AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER WHICH IS BEING CONSIDERED. THE ASWE ARE NOT YET OUT OF THE GAME BUT THEIR DILATORINESS IN NEGOTIATING WITH HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS CAUSING
DISENCHANTMENT AT THIS END.
3. ALTHOUGH WE ISSUED MARKET POINTERS THROUGH EIS (NO 316 OF 5 MARCH 1976 AND 209 OF 8 DECEMBER 1978) YOU DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE INFORMED OF THIS PROJECT. GRATEFUL YOU CONSULT MARITIME AVIATION AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT (MAED) OF FCO AND MR R J SPENCER, DIVISION 5, MOD WHO CAN PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE ALERTED MAED TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ASWE LOSING OUT TO THE CANADIANS TO THE LIKELY DETRIMENT OF OUR
HARDWARE SUPPLIERS.
THOMSON
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