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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 3544
OF 110705Z NOVEMBER 91
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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
NEW AIRPORT PROJECT: CALL BY SIR GORDON MANZIE
1. SIR GORDON MANZIE CALLED ON ME ON 8 NOVEMBER. HE SAID THAT HE AND HEARD THAT I HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN TO VARIOUS BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABOUT AN APPARENT LACK OF INTEREST BEING SHOWN BY THE ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSORTIUM CAJC) IN THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE FINANCIAL PACKAGE FOR THIS.
2. I SAID THAT I HAD SIMPLY BEEN PASSING ON THE IMPRESSION THAT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAD RECEIVED HERE, IN AN EFFORT TO BE HELPFUL AND ENSURE THAT THE AJC BID DID NOT INADVERTENTLY SUFFER ANY DISADVANTAGE.
3. SIR GORDON MANZIE SAID THAT HE COULD ASSURE ME THAT AJC WERE TAKING THEIR BID FOR THE LFC VERY SERIOUSLY. HE HAD COME OUT TO HONG KONG IN AUGUST AND HAD SEEN ALL THE RELEVANT HKG OFFICIALS, AS HE WOULD BE DOING DURING HIS PRESENT VISIT. THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY BOTH IN HONG KONG AND IN LONDON, HE HAD A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL PACKAGE. AJC WERE WORKING HARD ON THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR ADVISERS, SCHRODERS. HE EXPECTED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AT LEAST AS GOOD A PACKAGE IN TERMS OF EXPORT CREDITS AS ANY OTHER CONSORTIUM. I SAID THAT I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THIS.
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