CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952 — Page 68

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the conditions on which they are prepared to allow

Brunt to associate himself with them. You will see

that Brunt proposes much detailed work, for which he

expects a fee between 3,000 and 5,000 guineas.

3. Crow Agents have been consulted and have also

examined Brunt's preliminary report, which he recently

made available here. This report seems very sketchy

and full of lacunae, but, assuming that Brunt's scheme

is practicable and is designed to use well tried

principles which will not need much preliminary experi-

mentation, it would seem that the complicated and

detailed planning that Brunt proposes to do is un-

necessary at this stage. Indeed, it would seem that

if Brunt in fact knows his job, he should be in a

position to "elaborate the scheme so far as is

absolutely necessary for conson. as a C.D. and W.

project" without much further work. At the same time

it is obvious that he is not willing to do so on the

terms stated in Mr. Barnett's letter to him No.23/641/50

of the 19th June, 1951.

4.

I consider that it would be of undoubted value to

proceed with a scheme for a fertilizer factory for the

cogent reasons given in the memorandum accompanying your

despatch No. 136 of the 12th December, 1950. But I am

not persuaded that the present investigation is the best

approach to determine the probable cost of the scheme.

I should be obliged if you would inform me as soon as

possible:-

(a) whether you wish to continue to employ Brunt

on fresh terms, which would seem to involve

association with Messrs. Brian Colquhoun and

Partners; or

(30) and enclosure.

(behind (22))

(behind (1))

/(b)

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