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MDLIAN 3982
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Moss Lande
15/7
FROM GOODMAN EM4
CHINA LIGHT AND POWER/GEC
YOU EXPRESSED CONCERN TO MALCOLM DAY (EM4) DURING HIS VISIT LAST WEEK TO HONG KONG ABOUT CLP'S CONTINUING CRITICISM OF GEC WHICH WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY COUNTER PRODUCTIVE. YOU SUGGESTED DTI SHOULD EXPRESS SIMILAR CONCERN TO BILL STONES WHILE THE LATTER WAS IN THE UK.
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WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO BILL STONES BEFORE HIS RETURN. BUT IN A DISCUSSION YESTERDAY WITH NICK SALMON (GEC TURBINE GENERATORS) I RAISED THE POINT. SALMON SAID IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT CLP STAFF AT LOW LEVEL INSIDE GNPJVC MAY STILL BE EXPRESSING CRITICAL VIEWS OF GEC. SALMON STRESSED THAT, DURING CHAIRMAN WANG'S UK VISIT, BILL STONES WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE INDEED OF GEC IN WANG'S PRESENCE. ADAMS HAS HAD SIMILAR REACTIONS FROM GEC.
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IN VIEW OF REACTIONS OVER HERE YOU MAY THINK THAT THERE IS NOW NO GOOD BASIS TO BRING TOP LEVEL CLP TO HEEL. THE SITUATION WILL OF COURSE CONTINUE TO NEED WATCHING.
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