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CONFIDENTIAL AND PERSONAL
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CHKK 2/2 (1974)
TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 1290 OF 17 DECEMBER.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1435: MASS TRANSIT
CONFIDENTIAL
(HKTOD)
As
Mr. Google
PA
93.
PERSONAL FROM SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY FOR GOVERNOR
1 AM DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU COULD NOT KEEP US IN THE RUNNING:
I ONLY HOPE FOR YOUR SAKE THAT THE REPORT IN THE HONG KONG STANDARD
OF THE 13TH THAT THERE WERE ALREADY SOME COLD FEET IN JAPAN DOES
NOT PRESAGE TROUBLE FOR YOU. WHEN YOU FIND THAT THE JAPANESE HAVE
BITTEN OFF MORE THAN THEY CAN CHEW AND THAT THE DREAM OF A FIXED
PRICE AT YOUR LEVEL IS NOT GOING TO COME TRUE, I WILL DO WHAT
I CAN TO HELP BUT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY'S ENTHUSIASM
HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY BLUNTED BY THE WAY THIS LAST ROUND OF
NEGOTIATIONS HAS GONE.
DOUGLAS-HOME
FILES.
COPIES TO:
HD/HKTOD
PS/S OF STATE
DT!
HD/TRĖD
MR D N ROYCE
DTI
PRIVATE SECRETARY
PS/PUS
PS/MR ROYLE
MR MARSHALL SIR D WATSON MR YOUDE
CONFIDENTIAL
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