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A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
23 May 1991
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Mr Bayne
Mr Manning, ODA
Mr Burns
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Sir J Coles. C.23
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HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: ATP FINANCE
Problem
As amended
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1. During the Prime Minister's meeting on 26 April to
discuss the Hong Kong Airport project, the meeting discussed
a suggestion by Mrs Thatcher that the airport should be built under ATP arrangements. We need to follow up the
instructions from the meeting that this option should be
looked at but that the arguments against it, which were
overwhelming, should be well mustered.
Recommendation
I submit a draft PS to PS/No. 10 letter which confirms that
ATP funding is a non-starter but flags up that we should
perhaps be doing more to ensure that ECGD support for the
projects is available. The draft letter has been cleared
with Mr Manning (ODA) and Mr Christian Adams (DTI) on a
personal basis.
ARIANO
A R Paul
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