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TELNO
OF 031615Z JULY 92
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FÖR SBTC FROM HUM (AUSS)
MY TELNO 199: FUTURE BRITISH CONSULATE-GENERAL
IMMEDIATE
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1. We discussed planning for the new Consulate-General building
when I was in Hong Kong a short time ago. I thought we had been
agreed that the next step should be an early visit by a member
of OED to discuss the project with you: in particular he would
take you through the plans relating to the Farrell design and
deal with any remaining concerns that you might have. That was
the background to our decision to despatch Whittle to Hong Kong
Last week. I was very disappointed to learn that at your
meeting with him it was not possible to make greater progress.
2. A part of our problem is that you have never set out on paper
the full range of your concerns. As I understand it, at last
week's meeting you raised for the first time a number of
questions which effectively take us back to square one as far as
the overall conception of the project and the elaboration of the
design brief are concerned. I have to remind you that the
design brief was the product of a process of very thorough
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