CONFIDENTIAL
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY DTI
TELNO 204
OF 05112OZ NOVEMBER
91
AND TO PRIORITY ECGD, FCO
INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK
DTI (FOR PEP AND OT2)
104
CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 182/3
pa
26
134360
MDLIAN 1830
Grund auff
Atolle Gurday
Bangkok
MA. 6/
railony
MY TELNO OTTER 190: GORDON WU'S PROJECTS: BANGKOK RAILWAY.
1.
THERE HAVE BEEN A SPATE OF STORIES IN THE HONG KONG PRESS ORIGINATING IN BANGKOK IN THE PAST WEEK SUGGESTING THAT THIS PROJECT IS SINKING FAST AND IS ABOUT TO BE TURNED DOWN BY THE THAI GOVERNMENT. GORDON WU HAD A LENGTHY MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER IN BANGKOK LAST WEEK. HIS NUMBER TWO, STEWART ELLIOTT, HAS BEEN THERE FOR FURTHER MEETINGS SINCE. GORDON WU TELLS ME THAT HE IS STILL OPTIMISTIC BUT IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT HE IS LESS EBULLIENT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAN USUAL. HE SAYS THE THAI CABINET WILL CONSIDER IT THIS WEEK WHEN A FINAL DECISION IS LIKELY. SOME COMMENTATORS EXPECT HOWEVER THAT THERE WILL BE A FURTHER FUDGE.
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