CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM DTI
TO DESKBY 31003OZ BTC HONG KONG
TELNO INTRA 46
OF 30160OZ JANUARY 92
HKA 182/3
24
050746
MDHIAN 1310
Mr Stone 311
Mi
FOR HEAP FROM ROGERS, PEP
HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT
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1 THANKS FOR YOUR INTRA 27 ABOUT THE VISITS TO LONDON OF RICHARD ALLEN AND ROGER MOSS.
2. MR SAINSBURY IS CONTENT TO SEE ALLEN: HIS RATHER FULL DIARY LEADS US TO OFFER 11.00 A.M. ON THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY. BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT ALLEN'S WIDER PROGRAMME: DESPITE YOUR PARA 2, THE HKG OFFICE HERE DISCLAIMS KNOWLEDGE OF IT, BUT THEY HAVE FAXED ALLEN WITH THE SUGGESTED TIME FOR THE CALL. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIND ANOTHER TIME FOR A MEETING WITH MR SAINSBURY IF ALLEN CANNOT MAKE IT. TIME IS OBVIOUSLY SHORT, BUT IF YOU COULD CLOSE THE LOOP WITH ALLEN BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT. THE MEETING WITH MR SAINSBURY WILL BE AROUND HALF AN HOUR, BUT HALL AND I HAVE IT IN MIND THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE AFTERWARDS.
3. IT IS NOT EASY FOR MR SAINSBURY TO SEE ROGER MOSS, BUT HALL AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE HIM. AGAIN, THE HKG OFFICE HERE DISCLAIMS KNOWLEDGE OF HIS PROGRAMME (OR HIS VISIT), AND WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF YOU WOULD CONVEY TO MOSS THE MESSAGE THAT WE WOULD BE
GLAD TO SEE HIM. PERHAPS HE COULD CALL HALL'S OFFICE (071 215 5462/ 4933) AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO FIND A GOOD TIME.
4. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CALLS ARE BEING LINED UP AT THE FCO NO DOUBT
THEY ARE IN TOUCH WITH YOU SEPARATELY ABOUT THIS. ECGD IS LIKELY TO
JOIN MEETINGS HERE RATHER THAN SET UP SEPARATE CALLS.
COMMENT
5. AS YOU WILL RECALL FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, MR SAINSBURY IS NOT KEEN ON THE IDEA THAT HE SHOULD SEE ALLEN ON EVERY VISIT. IT IS THUS IMPORTANT NOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY SUCH EXPECTATION ON ALLEN'S PART. BUT WE HAVE PRESSED THE LINE THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL PERIOD AND THAT
ON THIS OCCASION IT IS WELL WORTH HAVING A SHORT MEETING.
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