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IN OUR JOINT VIEW THIS IS AN ODD **PRE-EMPTIVE**
AND IF IT IS ACCEPTED. AS GROUNDS FOP REQUIRING OTHERS TO
MATCH IT IN THIRTY DAYS THEN THEY OUGHT TO BE ALLOWED EXCEPTIONS SIMILAR IN DEGREE. AS LEAST THIS SHOULD MEAN THAT WE NEED NOT MEFT ALL THE ORIGINAL DESIDERATA BUT ONLY
DECLARE OUR INTENTION TO TRY TO MEET THE MAIN POINTS.
WILL PROBABLY BE REQUIRED TO TRY TO MEET CEILING PRICE
ALTHOUGH THE FIGURE ITSELF WOULD NOW SEEM TO BE LESS ABSOLUTE
SEM!COLON THERE ARE ALSO SIGNS THAT HADDON-CAVE AND OTHERS
ARE BEGINNING TO REALISE THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO FALL BACK ON TARGET PRICE, OR SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT, IN DUE COUPSE A.THOUGH THEY AT PRESENT WILL STILL WANT TO KEEP TRYING FOR CEILING PRICE. IF THIS READING IS CORRECT THEN A BROAD COMMITMENT TO TRY TO WORK TOWARDS A CEILING PRICE MIGHT
NOT BE SUCH A RISK AS BRITISH CONSTRUCTORS HAVE BEEN FEARING.
13. IT IS CLEAR WE SHALL HAVE TO PRODUCE A VIABLE BASIS
FOR COMPARISON WITH AND FURTHER COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESE WITHIN THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS OR SO. VE HERE ARE ALL AGREED THEREFORE THAT EFFORTS SHOULD BE ITENSIFIED TO GET AGREEMENT WITH THE ITALIANS. KINDERSLEY WILL PROBABLY CALL AT SAN FRANCISCO AT END OF THIS WEEK TO TALK WITH PIGALLI.
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PAGEERTURILE SIR DOUGLAS CLAGUE AND KINDERSLEY BOTH RECOMMEND THAT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE REMINDED THAT NON-REQUIREMENT OF A COVERNMENT GUARANTEE HAS ALWAYS BEEN REGARDED AS A SINE QUA NOX AND THAT FAILURE TO MEET IT WOULD MEAM ELIMINATION FROM NEGOTIATIONS. ACCEPTANCE OF A PRE-DIPTIVE, WITH GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE STILL UNRESOLVED, WOULD CONSTITUTE A CHANGE IN THE BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS 5 THAT, AT LEAST, THE RULES LAID DOMI IN CTAY'S LETTER OF 29 SEPTEMBER TO CLAGUE (SCOTT HAS A COPY) SHOULD BE
AGUNGKOT THẬT XuLS FERASSIMO LE KIGUT NG RANEN
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