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WAS NOT ABLE TO INJECT THE EXPLANATION WE HAVE HAD FROM SCHRODERS HERE, REPORTED IN MY TUR, BUT WILL SEEK SUITABLE OPENINGS TO DO SO. IT MAY BE THAT TRAFALGAR HOUSE, COSTAIN AND SCHRODERS HAVE EVERYTHING IN HAND. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT NONE OF THE CONTESTANTS IN THE EVENT WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER FINANCIAL PROPOSALS AS FIRM AS THE HKG WOULD CLEARLY LIKE. THESE COMMENTS HOWEVER, CONFIRM THE POINT THAT I HAVE MADE IN A NUMBER OF TELEGRAMS, THAT THEY NEED TO BE SEEN TO BE DOING M ORE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SERIOUS INTENT, AND THAT THEY ARE DOING LESS IN THIS RESPECT THAN THEIR COMPETITORS.
5. I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FAXED MESSAGE FROM SIR GORDON MANZIE (OF AJC) SAYING THAT HE (AND HIS WIFE) AND DEWE MATHEWS OF SCHRODERS WILL BE HERE FROM 5 - 12 NOVEMBER. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALERTED TO THESE CRITICISMS AND THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE SERIOUSNESS WITH WHICH THEY ARE TAKING THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF THE BID WHEN THEY ARE HERE. IF MEANWHILE I CAN BE AUTHORISED TO SAY ON THEIR BEHALF THAT THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THE BID IS RECEIVING THEIR FULL ATTENTION, THAT MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL.
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PUSD
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
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FED
JOINT DIRECTORATE
NEWS D
PLANNERS
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10
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MR MILES
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