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GNPJVC, GECTG AND SEPC HAD NOW BEEN SET UP AND WAS OPERATING. HE
HOPED THIS WOULD GO FAR TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS.
8. MANUEL SAID THAT SEPC WERE RAISING MANY NEEDLESS NCRS ON MINOR
FAULTS IN THE EXPECTATION OF EARNING LOCAL FEES FOR PUTTING THEM RIGHT. HOWEVER, DIFFICULTIES OVER THE TURBINE-HALL AND BOP CRANES HAD BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT. DAVY MORRIS NOW HAD A MAN ON SITE AND
WERE BRINGING IN TEST EQUIPMENT FROM HONG KONG THAT EVENING. IT WAS HOPED THAT THE ELECTRONICS ON THE TURBINE-HALL CRANE COULD
BE PUT RIGHT AND THE CRANE PUT INTO SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE AGREED THAT GNPJVC'S LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN GEC WAS A SERIOUS
DIFFICULTY. HE HOPED THAT THE INCREASED DIRECT INTEREST BY GEC
ALSTHOM TOP MANAGEMENT PROMISED BY SIR ROBERT WOULD ALLAY GNPJVC
FEARS.
COMMENT.
9. LIKE YOU, WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE THE REAL SERIOUSNESS OF THE COMPLAINTS BY GNPJVC. UNDOUBTEDLY, THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS, GECTG (NOW GEC ALSTHOM) ARE TACKLING THESE WELL AND IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT GNPJVC REALLY THINK GEC INCAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT THE PROJECT, WHICH DESPITE EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE (IT IS PERHAPS WORTH RECORDING THAT THE DOME OF THE NUMBER ONE CONTAINMENT BUILDING WAS PUT IN PLACE WHILE CHAPMAN WAS THERE, ONE DAY AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE PLANNED THREE YEARS AGO). GEC HAVE PERHAPS BEEN UNLUCKY, AND HAVE CERTAINLY NOT BEEN HELPED BY THEIR SUB-CONTRACTORS. WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE RENEWED EFFORTS OF GEC
ALSTHOM TOP MANAGEMENT AND SITE PERSONNEL WILL IMPROVE THE
WORKING RELATIONSHIP ALL ROUND AND THAT THINGS WILL GO MORE
SMOOTHLY FROM HERE ON.
10. DESPITE ALL THE CRITICISM THE MEETING WITH GNPJVC WAS CONDUCTED
IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND IT MAY BE THAT THEIR CONCERNS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN APPEASED TO SOME EXTENT BY SIR ROBERT DAVIDSON'S VISIT. BE THAT AS IT MAY, THEY CLEARLY ARE NOT PREPARED TO LET GEC OFF THE HOOK YET, AND WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY MAINTAIN THEIR PRESSURE. INTERESTINGLY, MAGNESS OF GECTG TOLD CALDER PRIVATELY THAT THE DYNAMISM OF THE PROJECT WAS EXCEPTIONAL IN HIS EXPERIENCE.
HE ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE ENTHUSIASTIC LEADERSHIP OF GNPJVC.
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11. GNP JVC CERTAINLY SEEM TO HAVE A FIRM GRASP OF THE PROJECT AND ARE DRIVING IT ALONG, ON SCHEDULE AND TO SATISFACTORY STANDARDS DESPITE ALL THEIR COMPLAINTS. NEVERTHELESS, WE SHOULD NOT BE COMPLACENT AND YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER WHAT IF ANYTHING CAN BE
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