TNAG-0423-FCO40-469-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 157

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CONFIDENTIAL

TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 419 OF 18 APRIL.

PERSONAL FOR SIR DUNCAN WATSON.

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AN ADDITIONAL AND, TO ME, CRUCIAL ARGUMENT FOR THIS DELAY IS TO ENABLE HADDON-CAVE TO HAVE SOME LEAVE. CLEARLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MOST UNDESIRABLE TO PROCEED IN HIS ABSENCE. EQUALLY CLEARLY HE MUST HAVE LEAVE BEFORE EMBARKING ON THIS EXTEMELY ARDUOUS WORK OF THE FINAL PHAZE OF AWARDING THIS CONTRACT AND SETTING UP A MASS TRANSIT AUTHORITY. INCIDENTALLY HIS LEAVE WILL NOT BE IN THE U.K.

MACLEHOSE

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