TNAG-0424-FCO40-470-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 87

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FOR GLAVES SMITH (OPG) FROM ASTON.

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CODD, PASSING THROUGH EN ROUTE TO TAIWAN, HAS GIVEN ME

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A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE STEERING GROUP MEETING WITH BRITISH GROUP AND ALSO A PERSONAL BRIEFING ON THE DISCUSSIONS AND SOME INFORMATION ON TENTATIVE TALKS ABOUT A MERGER.

HE DID NOT HOWEVER HAVE WITH HIM THE ANNEXES TO THE MINUTES NOR THE PAPERS HANDED OVER BY STEERING GROUP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND MINUTES ARE. NOT ENTIRELY COMPREHENSIBLE WITHOUT

THESE.

2. I SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SEND ME BY NEXT

BAG A COPY OF THE FULL SET OF DOCUMENTS AND ALSO TO HAVE

YOUR OWN ASSESSMENT OF THE WAY THE MEETINGS WENT AND THE NEXT

STEPS AS YOU SEE THEM,

3. FROM THE MINUTES AND FROM WHAT CODD TOLD ME IT WOULD SEEM

THAT NEXT STEP HAS TO BE A COMMUNICATION FROM HADDON-CAVE EITHER

CONFIRMING THAT HE IS NOT INSISTING ON CEILING PRICE, WILL MEET SOME OF THE COSTS OF DESIGN AND PREPARING ESTIMATES AND REGARDS THE BRITISH GROUP AS STILL BEING IN THE RUNNING OR INFORMING BRITISH GROUP OF A PRE-EMPTIVE BID (IF THE JAPANESE HAVE MADE ONE) AND GIVING OPPORTUNITY FOR RESPONSE. DO YOU AGREE?

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