IN BRIEF AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ON RETURN FROM TOKYO ON 15 SEPTEM- BER HADDON-CAVE SAID THAT A) ONE OR TWO OF THE CONSORTIA HAVE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO THE HK GOVERNMENT'S TERMS BY ASKING TO RECEIVE DESIGN DATA WHICH THEY WILL GET FROM
THE END OF THIS MONTH
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B)
''THE OTHERS REQUIRE A DAY OR TWO TO THINK ABOUT IT BUT IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN DISCOURAGED BY OUR TALKS IN LONDON WITH THE THREE EUROPEAN CONSORTIA.
C)
HE REFUSED TO COMMENT ON HIS TOKYO TALKS.
D) THE GOVERNMENT WERE INSISTING ON A CEÌLING PRICE AND SOME MIGHT DISQUALIFY THEMSELVES ON THIS (THIS WAS IN RADIO INTERVIEW
AND DOES NOT APPEAR IN PRESS).
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HE STRESSED GOVERNMENT ARE SETTING THE TERMS, AND NOT THOSE
SUGGESTED BY ANY OF THE CONSORTIA.
F) PRICE LIMIT WHICH HAS BEEN BASED ON RECOSTING SINCE INITIAL IS ''REASON- CONSULTANT PROPOSALS AND DESIGNED TO MAKE IT VIABLE - ABLE'' AND AS LARGE AS WE THINK SYSTEM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY.
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G)
**NONE OF THE CONSORTIA CAN PROMISE THEY CAN MEET THE REQUIRE- MENTS THE GROUP THAT CAN OFFER A SATISFACTORY CONTRACT CAN WIN
IT
- UNTIL THAT FAILS WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING ANY OTHER SORT OF
ARRANGEMENT',
PLEASE INFORM SCOTT AT GEC (BOREHAM WOOD). WE ARE ARRANGING FOR
CODD TO BE INFORMED IN TAIPEH.
ASTON.
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