CENFO 08/13
IMMEDIATE DESKRY 18/19092
LNKCK 21/4
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FOLLOWING FROM HONG KONG DATED 18 JAN 0820Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CHRISTIAN TELEGRAM 38 OF 18 JANUARY 1073
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FCO PLEASE PASS TO FELL (ECGD) FROM ASTON
COPY TO: DTE FOR WATSON (OPG) AND MISS WELCH (CPE 2) FCO FOR STUART (HKIGD) AND FINLAYSON (EPD)
MASS TRANSIT SCHEME
1. WHEN I SAW HIM AT LUNCH ON 13 JANUARY HADDON-CAVE TOLD
ME IN ANSWER TO A DIRECT QUESTION THAT THE JAPANESE HAVE NOW
PUT IN THEIR REVISED PROPOSAL. HE DID NOT SAY WHEN, BUT IMPRESSION
WAS THAT IT WAS FAIRLY RECENTLY.
HE SAID
2. I ASKED HIM WHETHER WE COULD HAVE DETAILS OF IT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE IN LONDON. THAT HE DID NOT CONSIDER THAT HE WAS UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO REVEAL THE DETAILS OF THE JAPANESE PROPOSAL TO US BEFORE THE NEGOTIATING STAGE. INDEED,
INDEED, IT WOULD, IN HIS VIEW, BE IMPROPER TO DO SO AND EXPOSE HIM TO CHARGES OF HAVING GIVEN PREFEPENTIAL TREATMENT TO THE BRITISH.
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