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HAVE YET SEEN THAT WE MUST PUT OUR ACT TOGETHER. I AM IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH JLG, THE BRITISH COUNCIL AND OTHERS. THE JOB CAN BE DONE QUICKLY BUT IT MUST BE DONE AT A SENIOR LEVEL AND WE MUST
COORDINATE THE FUNCTIONS WITH THE PEOPLE AND THE ROOMS IN WHICH
THEY WILL WORK.
13.
AS I EXPLAINED TO YOU AND TO MR WHITTLE THE ADVICE I HAVE
HAD FROM FCO MINISTERS AND FROM THE HEADS OF ALL THE MAJOR
BRITISH CONCERNS OPERATING IN HONG KONG IS THAT WE MUST GIVE
CLOSE ATTENTION TO OUR COMMERCIAL/ECONOMIC/POLITICAL OPERATION.
FARRELL'S PROPOSALS, AS THEY STAND TODAY, GIVE US INFERIOR ACCOMMODATION TO THAT WHICH WE CURRENTLY ENJOY. WHEN I QUOTED
SWIRES' I WAS NOT REFERRING SIMPLY TO SWIRE PROPERTIES BUT TO
THE VIEWS OF SIR ADRIAN SWIRE, THEIR CHAIRMAN.
14. THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF RESOLVING THESE ISSUES IN 48 HOURS, WITH MY MO AWAY AND FEW FACTS. MR WHITTLE COULD ADD LITTLE, THOUGH HE DID PROVIDE US WITH LEGIBLE PLANS. IF YOU WISH
TO GO AHEAD AND DISREGARD MY ADVICE THEN I HOPE YOU WILL MAKE
APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR US TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE
SUBSTANTIAL REVISION OF THE FARRELL PLANS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY.
I SHALL LET YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE CHANGES THAT WILL HAVE TO BE
MADE, CLEARED WITH JLG, WITHIN YOUR DEADLINE.
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I AM COPYING THIS CORRESPONDENCE TO THE JLG.
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