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FM B T C HONG KONG 2403477 DEC 81
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TELEGRAM NUMBER INDUS 192 OF 24 DECEMBER
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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF LETTER DATED 23 DECEMBER TO PRIME MINISTER:~
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DEAR PRIME MINISTER,
FROM A RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT APPEARING IN THE PRESS I WAS GLAD TO LEARN THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF YOUR VISITING CHINA SOMETIME DURING 1982.
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WITH THIS IN MIND, AND KNOWING YOU WILL BE PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG, MAY 1 AS CHAIRMAN OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO LTD (CLP), EXTEND TO YOU AN INVITATION TO INAUGURATE OUR NEW POWER STATION AT TAP SHEK KOK WHILST YOU ARE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
TO CASTLE PEAK POWER COMPANY LTD (CAPCO), YOUR ACCEPTANCE WOULD BE BOTH AN HONOUR AND A PLEASURE. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT COMING AT THE TIME OF YOUR VISIT TO CHINA IT COULD DO MUCH TO ENCOURAGE FURTHER PROJECTS WHICH WOULD BE OF BENEFIT TO BRITISH
INDUSTRY.
THE GUANGDONG POWER COMPANY (GPC) WILL SHORTLY BE SENDING A DELEGATION TO THE UNITED KINGDOM TO VISIT THE GEC TURBINE WORKS AT RUGBY. THIS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECTED NUCLEAR POWER STATION FOR GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
OUR SENIOR EXECUTIVE, MR STONES, WHO HAS BELN VERY CLOSE TO THIS PROJECT SINCE ITS INCEPTION WILL BE ACCOMPANYING THEM.
MR MANZIE OF YOUR DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY IS FULLY IN THE PICTURE. HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT TO