TNAG-0206-FCO40-242-Construction-of-a-cross-harbour-tunnel--under-Hong-Kong-harb-1969 — Page 157

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CYPHER CAT A

KONU

TELECTAX

MULROREDA 001

"für Skemant

TO BOARD OF

Kay Kany

Dift

03 JANUARY 1969

INWARD TELEGRAM XO. CREDA 1

FROM HONG KONG TO DEARD OF TRADE

DESPATCHED FRD JANUARY 1969 RECEIVED 2.30P.M. 3RD JANUARY 1969

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ADDRESSED LONDÓN AS CREDA 001 OF 3RD JANUARY FOR CR.E.D.

BOARD OF TRADE E C.G.D. BOARD OF TRADE F.0.0.

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FOR TRADE COMMISIONER CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.

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VICTORIA STREET

REFERENCE PARA 3 OF MY CREDA 42, I HAVE NOW HAD HINTS OF THE

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FRENCH NEGOTIATIONS REACH ME FROM SEVERAL SOURCES. 1 THEREFORE OPENED THE MATTER WITH CLAGUE WHEN I MET HIM AT LAST NIGHT'S

CUBAN RECEPTION.

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CLAGU, TOLD ME THAT THE CONSULTANTS ARE ABOUT TO GO TO

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PARIS TO OPEN TECHNICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH DUNEZ. THE TUNNEL COMPANY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SEND A DRAFT FINANCIAL AGREEMENT TO PARIS AND ARE AT PRESENT AT WORK ON THIS AND HOPE TO SENT IT OFF IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I ENQUIRED WHETHER COFACE AGREEMENT HAD DEFINITELY BEEN OBTAINED TY THE DEAL, AND CLAGUE REPLIED THAT THEY HAD AGREED QUOTE OTHERWISE THERE IS NO POINT IN THE SOCIETE GENERALE MAKING THESE PROPOSALS TO US. UNQUOTE. CLAQUE ASKED ME WHETHER COSTAINS KNEW ABOUT ALL THIS → AND I REPLIED THAT THEY DID. (I PRESUME YOU WILL HAVE ACTED ON MY CREDA 48 BUT I SHOULD APPRECIATE REASSURANCE ).

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CLAGUE THEN ENQUIRED WHETHER, SINCE ECGD NOW KNEW THE OUTLINE OF THE FRECH PROPOSALS, THERE WERE ANY SIGNS THAT THEY WERE THINKING OF MATCHING THEM. I REPLIED THAT THERE WERE NOT REPEAT NOT. CLAGUE THEN SAID HE WOULD EVEN NOW, AT THIS LATE CATE, PREFER THE CONTRACT TO GO TO BRITAIN, AND ASKED ME TO INFORK HIM SHOULD THERE BE ANY SIGN FROM: YOU THAT MATCHING TENIS WERE SEING CONSIDERED.

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