CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE
INVOLVING LARGE SCALE RECLAMATION), IS NOT YET FINALLY
bahih
: SETTLED. IN PRACTICE THE OTHER/COMPANIES MAY JOIN UP
-
WITH THE ANGL07 JAPANESE CONSORTIUM LATER BUT MUCH WILL
: DEPEND ON HOW THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LETS THE CONTRACTS
:
AND WHETHER IT INTENTIONALLY SEEKS TO INVOLVE A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT GROUPS. IN TALKING OF HMG COMMITMENT
THEREFORE YOU SHOULD HAVE IN MIND THE FIXED' LINK; BUT WE DO
NOT WANT TO ADVERTISE THE POINT UNNECESSARILY SINCE WE SCARCELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENT JAPANESE COMPETITION FOR THE OTHER KEY PARTS OF THE PROJECT.
LÃE JO_NOT ̃DOUBT THAT SUCH JAPANESE COMPETITION. WILL,
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EMERGE IN DUE COURSE, BUT WE HAVE NO WISH TO ENCOURAGE - IT AL AN EARLY STAGE).
4. YOU REQUESTED A CLEARER LINE ON HMG'S POSITION
IN RELATION TO THE HKG, AND THIS IS OF COURSE DIFFICULT
TO SUMMARISE FOR MORE PUBLIC CONSUMPTION IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE AMBIGUITIES.
YOUR DISCUSSION WITH KUMAGAI SHOULD CLEARLY BE
REGARDED AS CONFIDENTIAL, AND YOUR COMMENTS WILL NEED TO
CELIQUE. BUT WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING GENERAL LINE:
BE
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QUOTE THE HKG
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POSITION WILL ALWAYS
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COMPETITION. THERE DO NG SOUST THAT THE HAS WILL
IL HARD MONEY, AND BE KEENLY INTERESTED IN VALUE FOR MONEY, AN THAT
TO WIN MAJOR CONTRACTS, THE PRICE AND TERMS WILL
HAVE TO BE RIGHT. BUT HONG KONG IS STILL A Janji Subway kmaw
we sa spy AND WILL REMAIN SO UNTIL 1997.
THAT TARO SASU -) JE
IT IS UNTHINKASLE THAT THE UK WILL NOT SE
SignificÝNT
A TAC 4
IN A PROJECT OF THIS
SIZE. THE PRIME
ER AND OTHER SENIOR
MINISTERS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR STRONG INTEREST
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