INFO ROUTINE ECGD, PEKING, SEOUL,
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FM FCO
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HKA 182/3
TO DESKBY 30010OZ BTC HONG KONG
TELNO 84
OF 291745Z APRIL 92
м
Pa
142426
MDHOAN 3638
91
ry
TOKYO
3014
Q DIST?
TOP COPY
PERSONAL FOR SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER FROM RICKETTS,
HKD
0
YOUR TELNO INTRA 116 TO DTI: HONG KONG AIRPORT: THE MAIN BRIDGE
CONTRACT
1.
YOU TOLD ME ON THE TELEPHONE THIS MORNING THAT SIR DAVID FORD HAD SAID THAT HE WOULD FIND IT HELPFUL IF YOU WERE TO BE AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG NEXT WEEK. THIS, TOGETHER WITH THE INDICATIONS SURFACING IN THE HONG KONG PRESS THAT A DECISION ON THE BRIDGE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE ANNOUNCED ON ABOUT 7 OR 8 MAY, HAS LED US TO CONCLUDE THAT, IF YOU CAN DO SO WITHOUT TOO MUCH PERSONAL INCONVENIENCE, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF YOU WERE ABLE TO POSTPONE YOUR DEPARTURE UNTIL, SAY, 8 MAY. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH DTI, WHO HAVE NO DIFFICULTY. COULD YOU LET US KNOW WHAT YOU DECIDE?
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
84
DISTRIBUTION
92
.HONG KONG AIRPORT GENERAL
HKD
PUSD
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
ERD
FED
JOINT DIRECTORATE
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BROOKS
.AND MS BARRETT
NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
PS/PUS
MR CROWE
SIR J COLES
MR MILES
MR BURNS
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