TNAG-0424-FCO40-470-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 175

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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELNO 230 OF 9TH AUGUST, 1973. (FCO PLEASE PASS).

FOR WRIGHT FROM JOHN CHAN.

YOU WILL HAVE HEARD FROM HADDON-CAVE ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING

MTR MEETINGS IN LONDON. THE STEERING GROUP TEAM WILL BE HADDON-CAVE, ROBERTSON, SANDBERG, WILKINS, STRATTON, LAU AND CHAN.

2.

I SHOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD:

(A) MAKE YOUR CONFERENCE ROOM AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE TEAM FROM 30TH AUGUST TO 6TH SEPTEMBER, BOTH DATES INCLUSIVE: AND

(B) BOOK TWO SINGLE ROOMS AT THE BRISTOL OR SOME OTHER SUITABLY

LOCATED HOTEL, ONE (FOR CHAN) FOR THE NIGHTS 25TH AUGUST TO 5TH SEPTEMBER INCLUSIVE, AND THE OTHER (FOR LAU) FOR THE

3.

(A)

NIGHTS 28TH AUGUST TO5TH SEPTEMBER INCLUSIVE.

(THE REST OF THE TEAM WILL BE MAKING THEIR OWN

ACCOMMODATION ARRANGEMENTS).

FLIGHT PLANS AT THE MOMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS:

CHAN ARRIVES LONDON SATURDAY 25TH AUGUST BY BA 931 AT 1930

HOURS:

(B) WILKINS, STRATTON AND LAU ARRIVE TUESDAY 28TH AUGUST BY BA

933 AT 2030 HOURS:

(C) HADDON-CAVE ARRIVES WEDNESDAY 29TH AUGUST BY BA805 AT 0820

HOURS:

(D)

ALL THE ABOVE LEAVE LONDON THURSDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER BY BA808

AT 1445 HOURS.

ROBERTSON AND SANDBERG WILL ALREADY HAVE BEEN ON LEAVE IN THE U.K.

AT THE TIME.

4.

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE IN DUE COURSE ON PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE.

NORMAN-WALKER

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