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PRIME

MINISTER

3.21

Prime Minister's

Personal Minute

No.M.112/73.

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY

10, Downing Street. Whitehall.

HKLOD

Piper Royle

Si 1. Wution.

Plz

(318)

盒

Hong Kong Mass Transit System

I see from the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary's latest minute to you that the closing date is approaching, and that urgent action is required if we are to submit an effective

British bid by 2 December.

It is essential that we should win this contract.

May

I ask you to take immediate action to do everything possible to win it for this country.

I am sending copies of this minute to the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

A.

26 November. 1973

CONFIDENTIAL