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TELEGRAM NUMBER INDUS 277 OF 17 DECEMBER
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FOR ADAMS FROM LONG (V DIVISION)
YOUR INDUS 193 OF 12 NOVEMBER AND 207 OF 2 DECEMBER
1. APOLOGIES FOR DELAY IN REPLYING BUT WE JUDGED IT BETTER FOR
AUSTIN ROVER'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO BE DIRECTLY TO MD MOTORS
RATHER THAN VIA TWO INTERMEDIARIES.
2. AR HAVE NOW GIVEN US THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE POINTS
YOU RAISED:
(A) TYRES. THERE IS NO REASON WHY AVON TYRES SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
FITTED, AND THEY WILL BE IN FUTURE. 185 SECTION TYRES ARE NOT
REPEAT NOT AVAILABLE: THE CHOICE IS BETWEEN 175 AND 195. MD
HAVE NOW SETTLED FOR 195.
(B) TWIN REAR RADIO SPEAKERS. AR ADMIT THAT THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
FITTED: THEY WILL BE IN FUTURE.
(C) SHIPMENT. AR DID NOT INITIALLY USE CONTAINERS, BUT HAVE NOW
AGREED TO USE CAL WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
(D) DIESEL ROVERS WERE NOT INITIALLY AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT. ALTHOUGH
THIS HAS NOW CHANGED, AR HAVE POINTED OUT TO MD THAT THE
STANDARD DIESEL MODEL IS NOT REPEAT NOT FITTED WITH AIR
CONDITIONING.
3. I UNDERSTAND THAT AR HAVE DISCUSSED ALL THESE POINTS WITH MD
AND THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED.
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