TNAG-0423-FCO40-469-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 143

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DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

fet 10

File No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

PRIORITY MARKINGS

(Date)

ICONMEK

Xxxx

Confidential

Bestclready

Flash:

Immediate

Priority Routing

Despatched

Date and time (G.M.T.) telegram should

reach addressee(1)

21

11 1973

0210

CYPHER

1

PRIVACY MARKING

Security classification

CONFIDENTIAL 2718002.

In Confidence

[Security_if any

[

Privacy marking --if any

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

Code Cypher

Draft Telegram to:-

HONG ZONG

No. Lila 63.

(Date) 27/4/73.

2714

And to:-

ECGD (HR-FELL)

MR STUART, FCO

Repeat to:-

GLAVES-SMITH OFF,

-DTI-

;.

Saving to:-

Distribution:--

110

Claves-Smut OFP

• IM Fell ECE-D)

[Codeword-if any]]

Addressed to

BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION

telegram No.CREDA 63

..(date)

And to

repeated for information to

Saving to

HONG KONG

27 April 1973

ECCD (AR PELL) – and suitsu TRIOD, ICO

ODAYES SHITHY GEDY DRI

Text: (to be typed with double spacing) FOR ASTON, HONG KONG

MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM.

YOUR CREDA 41 OF 25 APRIL. FOR YOUR INFORMATION THE

FOLLOWING CONFIDENTIAL CABLE WAS ADDRESSED TO FCO BY

MACLEHOSE 18 APRIL:

QUOTE YOU WILL PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE HEARD FROM THE

BRITISH GROUP THAT:

(A) THE STEERING GROUP HELD A FIRST ROUND OF CONSUL-

TATIONS WITH THE FOUR CONSORTIA (BRITISH, JAPANESE,

ITALIAN AND FRENCH/GERMAN/BRITISH) DURING THE LAST TWO

WEEKS OF MARCH, AND EXPLAINED OUR POSITION IN DETAIL:

(B) WE ORIGINALLY INVITED THE CONSORTIA TO RETURN FOR

3 pil. Stuart Fec(AKA SECOND ROUND IN LATE APRIL/EARLY MAY TO PRESENT

Copies to:-

I c watson

4. Cipus

THEIR PRICING PHILOSOPHY AND TO GIVE INDICATIONS OF

THE PRICE LIKELY TO RESULT FROM THE APPLICATION OF

SUCH PHILOSOPHY:

Signature of Originator

Licha kom

DO NOT TYPE ON REVERSE OF THIS FORM (Use continuation sheet Tel/1C(Cont.)) EACH SHEET to be signed by the Originator

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