TNAG-0322-FCO40-358-Construction-of-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 71

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Mr Wilford

Sir L #ons on

Er Logan

HONG KONG UNDERGROUND RAILWAY

1. It was agreed last January that a letter should be sent

to the Governor seeking further information about this

project.

2.

Sir D Trench has now replied to Jir L Monson's letter

of 29 JamXA #1 177 • Copies of the Governor's letter have been

went to the Treasury, DII, 303D, the Bank of -ngland and the

and to the departamte in the 200 interested in this

project.

ODA,

3. The DTI are in close touch with the British firms

interested in the project.

Those firms are at present doing

no more than maintain and if possible develop their commercial

contacts in the Jeleny. The DTI agree that no other initiative

is required at this stage.

It is clear that it will be some

time yet before the Hồng Kông Government are in a position to

assemble all the material required before a decision can be

tazen whether to go ahead with the project or not.

27 May 1971

Copy to:

Mr Daunt

Mr Marshall, FRAD

fr west, FDD

Er Morgen, 10

E O Laird

Hong Kong Department