TNAG-0097-FCO40-133-Construction-of-a-Cross-Harbour-Tunnel-1968 — Page 97

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Jear Ben,

CONNERAILING NEI JENCE

4/15

Tunnel

2240

18th Dotober, 1967.

to

Thank you for sending us a sopy of your iliott.

letter of 6ta Oetober

owden of Gosteins telephoned as laot ight. He said that 7... had indicated that they were lefl-itely rot interested in the project. Jost ins too are getting fed up with the continued del-y.

The fees they are getting in the antice are quite in deguste. (1 com ented that lie reports I heard from the other eide vere rather ifferent from this). Ris Board aould undoubtedly si.h to decide by the end of the month whether to continue to roserve resources for this project, which could be rore profitably used elsewhere, If they were convinced that there was proposition which would go "head at ono stɛgo, they ould be prepared to continue. t present, however, they did not even know who the ultim te alient was going to be and unless the situation had crystallized considerably by the end f the month Bowden foresaw that his Boxri would decide to ŋut this project in cold store. If Pong Kong wish to revive it in, say six months vime, Costeins would, „f cour a, rep: red to consider that in the light or the situation at the time. Inny event, orden foresas consider- able sifficulty in agreeing how the problem of inerezzed costs should be taken account of in fixing the final price.

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anden told me that bi hai porn n imilar lines te Hewitt in the Commonwealth office, nd thật the engineers would be telling the Tunnel Comp ny in Hong Kong today.

I com entel that Lord "hepherd wa: t resent in ang kong, and this who one of the items which he would be discussing with the Zong Kon Jovernmen to

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One might reasonably hope therefore for soms development within the next few dayn, but I pointed out thắt thore #till

jeaned to ba a good deul of in fighting going on industriel intersata in Hong Kong, which would pes settled until fter the long fong Govornaont 2: the part it would take in the >roject.

B. Thorne, The Britian "ong Kong.

bly not be up its mind about

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