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146
006476
B.Ct.
MDLIAN 5626
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FM BTC HONG KONG TO PRIORITY DTI
TELNO OTTER 216
AMENDED DISTRIBUTION 20/11
OF 19115OZ NOVEMBER 91
HKB 182/3
INFO ROUTINE F C 0, BANGKOK
TOP COPY Q DIST?
FOR PEP AND OT2
BANGKOK TELNO OTTER 170: HOPEWELL RAILWAY PROJECT
DESPITE RECENT NEGATIVE PRESS REPORTS, AND THE RECORD OF HMA BANGKOK'S MEETING WITH PAICHITR OF 8 NOVEMBER WHICH WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED, GORDON WU IS STILL VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS PROJECT WILL RUN. HE SAYS HE DELIBERATELY PITCHED HIGH HIS REQUEST TO THE THAI GOVERNMENT FOR TAX CONCESSIONS, BUT HIS FALLBACK POSITION IS A WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT SOMETHING LESS. HE HAS TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS THAT HE IS ENTIRELY CONFIDENT IT WILL GO AHEAD AND THAT HE WILL GET APPROVAL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. HE TOLD LORD PRIOR THE SAME TODAY 19 NOVEMBER AT A MEETING AT WHICH I WAS PRESENT.
HEAP
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
32
DISTRIBUTION
39
HONG KONG AIRPORT RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HKD
HD/PUSD
HD/FED
HD/NEWS D
HD/PLANNERS
ADDITIONAL
7
SIR P CRADOCK (NO 10)
PAGE
PS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR BAYNE
MR BURNS
MR WYE RAD
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