TNAG-0424-FCO40-470-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 12

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GE TWO

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CONFIDENCE BETWEEN KINDERSLEY

WD HADDON-CAVE SHOULD NOT BE BREACHED BY IDENTIFIABLE QUOTE

BACK. SUBJECT TO THIS IT WAS AGREED BY HIM WITH REST OF US

THAT I SHOULD REPORT AS FOLLOWS FOR YOU TO INFORM BRITISH

GROUP ON APPROPRIATELY LIMITED AND CONFIDENTIAL BASIS,

40 STEERING GROUP HAVE VIRTUALLY DECIDED TO VALIDATE

JAPANESE **PRE-EMPTIVE** BID ALTHOUGH IT FALLS SHORT OF

THE DESIDERATA IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS, IN PARTICULAR

JAPANESE ARE STILL ASKING FOR GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE, ALSO

THEIR PRICE IS OVER HONG KONG DOLLARS 5,00A MILLION MAINLY

BECAUSE CONVERSION WAS MADE ON 1 OCTOBER WHEN YEN WAS AT A

HIGH POINT AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN OBLIGED TO USE A

FREEMAN FOX DESIGN INSTEAD OF, AS THEY PROPOSED, A DESIGN OF THEIR OWL.

5.

STEERING GROUP ARE HAVING FURTHER TALKS WITH JAPANESE

TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO TRY AND REMOVE SOME OF THE DIVERGENCIES FROM THE DESIDERATA AND HADDON-CAVE HAS SAID, CONFIDENTIALLY, THAT HE HOPES TO STALL VALIDATION UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK SO AS TO GIVE US TIME TO FIRM UP ARRANGEMENT THAT COULD

MAKE A VIABLE COUNTER.

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THERE IS COLLATERAL FOR BOTH THESE POINTS IN REMARKS HADDON-CAVE HADE TO HOLLAND (FCO CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER) ON FRIDAY MITCH HOLLAND PEPORTED TO ME.

7.

KINDERSLEY UNDERSTANDS THAT HADTON-CAVE'S INTERTION AT

MIC END OF THE WEEK IS TO NOTIFY OTHER GROUPS OF A VALIDATER PRE-FURTIVE EVEN IT GUARANTEE POINT IS STILL NOT HET,

CIVICES

LS HE CHAISES THE RULFS - AND HE HAS GIVEN NO MINT OF INTENTION FORMALLY TO DO SO AT PRESENT THERE WILL TIME BE

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