TNAG-0426-FCO40-472-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 178

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UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG AND THAT YOU ARE AS AWARE AS WE

ARE OF THE DIFFICULT REPERCUSSIONS THERE COULD BE HERE IF ONLY A JAPANESE BID, WHICH WHEN VALIDATED DID NOT ITSELF EXACTLY MATCH ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WERE ACCEPTED. GIVEN THAT EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO PRODUCE AN ANGLO-ITALIAN BID WHICH,

IN THE LIGHT OF THE FACTORS TO WHICH PETER WALKER HAS DRAWN ATTENTION, LOOKS FROM HERE AT LEAST COMPETITIVE WITH THAT PRODUCED BY THE JAPANESE, I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT YOUR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WILL AT LEAST AGREE TO KEEP THE ANGLO-ITALIAN DID

IN THE FIELD.

DOUGLAS-HOME

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MR D.N ROYCE; DTI.

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