ZCZC
HMLNAN 2507
RESTRICTED
PP OTTER
FM HKBTC TO OTTER
08102OZ MAY
GRS 150
RESTRICTED
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY DT
TELNO OTTER 102
OF 0810202 MAY 87
FOR WHEELER PEPI
NO DISTRIBUTION
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
175/3
28
I Love No Phones
Eut
нко
х2
TRED
Lit128
YOUR OTTER 127: PROPOSED ROAD/AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
CALLED ON ELLIOTT TODAY. HE SAID THEY WERE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FROM BRITISH COMPANIES (BRITISH TELECOM WERE THERE THIS MORNING). K ASKED HIM HF HE WANTED TO HEAR FROM COMPANIES INDIVIDUALLY OR THROUGH COSTAINS. HE SAID THAT WHILE COSTAINS COULD DOUBTLESS BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN DRAWING TOGETHER SOME OF THE INTERESTED PARTIES HE THOUGHT (THIS IN CONFIDENCE) THAT THERE WERE SOME WHO MIGHT NOT BE SO KEEN TO COME UNDER A COSTAIN UMBRELLA, HE WAS CONTENT THEREFORE THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO WRITE DIRECTLY TO HIM SHOULD DO SO.
2. ELLIOTT SAID HE HOPED THAT THE UK OFFICE OF SLIPFORM ENGINEERING JNTERNATIONAL LTD (90M HOPEVELL, 10% ELLIOTT) WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY A PART SOON IN DRAWING THINGS TOGETHER W THE UK. THE OFFICE IS RUN BY DENNIS EWINS (SOUTHGATE CHAMBERS, 37-39 SOUTHGATE STREET, WINCHESTER SO23 9EH, HANTS TEL: 0962-61702 TELEX: 444994 PRFROM). EVINS 4S ABOUT TO START ON SLIPFORM'S FIRST UK PROJECT (AT FLYMOUTH IN ASSOCIATION WITH COSTAINS) AND IS HOPING TO SECURE SOME GOVERNMENT WORK IN SCOTLAND (IN ASSOCIATION WITH CEMENTATION-TRAFALGAR HOUSE). ANOTHER MEMBER OF STAFF WILL BE SENT TO JOIN EWIAS SOON.
3. ELLIOTT SAID HE AND GORDON WU WERE PLANNING TO ARRIVE IN LONDON ON THE WEEKEND OF 20 JUNE FOR THE POWER PLANT EXHIBITION THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WU WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING UP THE INVITATION (BENJAMIN'S LETTER OF 27 APRIL) TO MEET THE MAJOR PROJECTS ASSOCIATION.
HOLLOWAY