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| RECE:/FD IN REA
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 1546
OF 171705Z AUGUST 90
!A
05 SEP 1990
INFO ROUTINE BTC HONG KONG, PEKING
Q DIST?
PADS: FORTHCOMING AWARD OF CONTRACTS
1. WE HAVE NOTED WITH INTEREST RECENT REPORTS THAT THE CHINA HARBOURS ENGINEERING COMPANY HAS BEEN AWARDED AN IMPORTANT DREDGING CONTRACT IN CONNECTION WITH THE AIRPORT PROJECT. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION AND ANY FURTHER DETAILS. AS YOU WILL APPRECIATE, HAD WE KNOWN THAT THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT WAS LIKELY, WE COULD HAVE MADE GOOD USE OF THIS DURING MR MAUDE'S MEETINGS IN PEKING WHEN HE LOBBIED ON BEHALF OF PADS.
2. WE WOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KEEP US FULLY BRIEFED ON WHAT CONTRACTS ARE IN THE OFFING AND WHEN DECISIONS ON THEIR AWARD ARE LIKELY TO BE MADE.
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