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OF MY TELNO 91 OF 15 MARCH TO FCO) AND THAT INDEED SO FAR AS I KNEW MYERS HAD NOT BEEN TO HONG KONG IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PROJECT.
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THERE ARE MEANWHILE SOME NEW POSITIVE SIGNS FROM BRITISH COMPANIES. SIR FRANK LAMPL, CHAIRMAN OF BOVIS, IS CURRENTLY HERE AS PART OF A MAIN BOARD PRESENCE BY P AND 0. HE HAS HAD MEETINGS HERE WITH C ITOH AND APPEARS TO HAVE AN OFFER TO JOIN THE ALL JAPANESE GROUP SEEKING PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE BRIDGES, WHICH HE IS CONSIDERING. I BRIEFED HIM ON THE AIRPORT PROJECT OVERALL. HE SAID HE WOULD CONSIDER WHETHER THEY SHOULD NOT BECOME INVOLVED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECT. HE HAS ALSO MET NISHIMATSU WHO BOVIS HOPE TO PARTNER IN A BID FOR THE EIGHTH CONTAINER TERMINAL (IN JUNCTION WITH BOVIS'S U.S. ASSOCIATES LEHTER MORE GOVERN BOVIS, AND MACDEVITT AND STREET). LATER THIS WEEK, REES, A DIRECTOR OF TARMAC WILL BE HERE AND WILL CALL ON ME. I ASSUME HIS INTEREST WILL BE PRIMARILY THE AIRPORT PROJECT.
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