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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 1414 OF 7TH DECEMBER, 1973.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY FROM GOVERNOR.
YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 1251. MASS TRANSIT.
Goodfellow
YOUR PARAGRAPH 1. THE FIGURES I QUOTED WERE AGREED WITH THE
ANGLO-ITALIAN GROUP. THEIR BID OMITTED ONE STATION
AND HAD TO BE ADJUSTED.
2. YOUR PARAGRAPHS 2, AND 3 FIRST SENTENCE: I BELIEVE
THERE ARE NOW ONLY TWO LIKELY OUTCOMES TO THE EXECUTIVE COUUNCIL
DISCUSSION ON TUESDAY:-
(A)
(B)
3.
AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE JAPANESE ONLY, AND
A DECISION TO RETURN TO THE MAIN SEQUENCE 1,E. ALL CONSORTIA
TO BE GIVEN UNTIL MARCH IN WHICH TO COME UP WITH A PRICE BASED
ON ALL NECESSARY TECHNICAL DATA.
IF THE DECISION IS AS IN (B) YOUR INTERVENTION IN ROME MIGHT · HELP AND I WILL TELEGRAPH YOU THERE.
4. YOUR PARAGRAPH 3. THE POINT YOU MAKE IS ONE OF THE MANY
IMPONDERABLES IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. IT HAS NOT BEEN OVERLOOKED.
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