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CYPHER/CAT A

ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 45

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

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16 JANUARY 1969

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TELEGRAM 45 OF 16 JANUARY.

MY TELEGRAM 19: CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL.

WE ARE INFORMED THAT MR MONTAGUE OF BNEC TOLD A MEETING OF THE HONG

KONG ASSOCIATION IN LONDON THAT HE HAD LEARNED FROM RELIABLE SOURCES

THAT ECGD HAD APPROACHED THE FRENCH WITH A PROPOSAL THAT THE TUNNEL

BE JOINTLY FINANCED BY BRITISH AND FRENCH INTERESTS. THERE SEEMS TO

BE SOME CONFIRMATION IN THAT THE TUNNEL COMPANY HAS BEEN INFORMED

BY THE FRENCH THAT THERE MAY BE A FEW DAYS' DELAY IN CONCLUDING THEIR PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS, IN THE LIGHT OF INFORMATION RECEIVED

FROM LONDON.

2. THE TUNNEL COMPANY HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED OF ANY SUCH PROPOSALS

BY ECGD AND I WOULD BE GLAD OF ANY INFORMATION AS TO DEVELOPMENTS.

SIR D, TRENCH

LAST REF.

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HONG KONG DEPT.

FAR EASTERN DEPT.

F.P. & A. D.

W. EUR. DEPT.

EX. PROM. DEPT.

SIR A. GALSWORT HY MR. MORETON

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