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FM HONG KONG 08015OZ SEP 82
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1004 OF 8 SEPTEMBER
Pl. Dreft repl
to letter to PM.
HOARE'S TELELETTER OF 3 SEPTEMBER TO HAMMOND : REPLACEMENT AIRPORT
MR. JEAN'S LETTER WAS ACKNOWLEDGED ON 25 AUGUST AND SES IS
PRESENTLY CONSIDERING HIS RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A JOINT
VENTURE DEEP BAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
2. MR. JEAN'S IS A VERY GENERAL PROPOSAL AND PROVIDES VERY LITTLE
DETAIL ON WHICH WE COULD COMMENT. OUR REPLY WILL BE CONFINED TO THANKING HIM FOR HIS LETTER AND ITS ENCLOSURES, THE CONTENTS OF
WHICH HAVE BEEN NOTED. WE MIGHT ALSO MENTION SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL AND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT WOULD ARISE FROM SITING AN AIRPORT
IN DEEP BAY.
3. MR. JEAN'S PROPOSAL IS ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF ANY OFFICIAL
STUDY OF A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT SITE. YOU WILL RECALL THAT ANDREW
JEAN AND ASSOCIATES FORWARDED A SIMILARLY INDEPENDENT PROPOSAL FOR
A NEW AIRPORT TO BE BUILT IN SHENZHEN TO MINISTER OF STATE MR. BAKER
ON 25 SEPTEMBER 1979.
HADDON-CAVE
MINIMAL MAED HKals D
COPIES SENT TO 1 AT /DOT
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED
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