TNAG-0508-FCO40-573-Construction-of-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 107

PRODROME LONDON

MULTI ADDRESS CALE-MOM.

HX3034-UKTRA DE

TELEGRAM

REOSIVED IN F.O, BY

TELEPRINTER ATGTANT

ONE COPY

A

RR DŢI

RR FCO

RR TOKYO

GRS 160

EN CLAIR

FM HONGKONG 080705Z

UNCLASSIFIED

RECFI 19

REGISTRY Po. 01

11 JUN 1974

НКК HKK 212

129

NO DISTRIBUTION

Md COTTERILL

COTTERILL ECG)

TO ROUTINE DTI TEL CREDA 32 OF 8 APR AND TO FCO AND TOKYO.

TRED

FED

NEWAD)

LAST

REF.

147

NEXT

FOR ROYCE (OPG) FROM ASTON

REF

DTI COPY TO ECGD (COTTERILL) AND CRE 2 (MISS WELCH)

REPEATED TO FCO FOR HK10D AND TRED

REPEATED TO TOKYO

REF MY CREDA 31 OF 6 APRIL

MTS

ON HIS RETURN FROM TOKYO TALKS ON SATURDAY C6 EVENING) HADDON CAVE

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS (CONCERNED MAINLY WITH REPORTS OF

DIFFICULTIES IN TOKYO AND WHETHER DOLLARS 5,000 M WOULD BE HONOURED)

SAID:

A) THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF INFLATION IN ONE CONTEXT OR ANOTHER

IN WORLD TERMS

BUT

B) THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE CEILING REMAINED AT DOLLARS 5,000 M

AND

C) THE JAPANESE HAD NOT SUGGESTED THEY COULD NOT DO IT WITHIN THE

CEILING AND HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD.

INING LAH

DETÅ