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TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG TELEGRAT NUMBER 17 OF 5 MARCH/INFO
HONG KONG,
FOR ASTON FROM WARRINGTON (D T 1)
(23)
NEXT
REF
YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER CREDA 13: C P ALEHOICE-OF-WIDE BOOTED AIRCRAFT. 1. WE HAD HEARD FROM LOCKHEED OF THE BROAD TERMS OF THEIR LETTER OF
CUARANTEE AND OF OTHER ASSURANCES ABOUT THE FUTURE THEY WOULD GIVE C.P.A. LOCKHEED EMPHASISED THAT THEY WANTED THE DETAILS TO BE KEPT IN VERY STRICT CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THESE WENT BEYOND TERMS NORMALLY
OFFERED BY LOCKHEED AND THEIR COMPETITORS.
2. WE ASSUME THAT IN YOUR TALK WITH JARDINES ON 5 MARCH YOU MENTIONED THIS AND THE MAIN POINTS IN PARAS 3 AND 5 OF F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 227 TO THE GOVERNOR, CLEARLY WE CANNOT GIVE AN ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE ON THE FUTURE OF LOCKHEED (OR ANY COMPANY OUTSIDE OUR OWN RESPONSIBIL- ITIES), BUT THE FACTORS MENTIONED THERE ARE RELEVANT IN C.P.A.'S
CONSIDERATION OF THE ISSUES.
3. WILKINSON SHOULD BE BRIEFED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE. BUT IF WE FIND HE IS NOT OR THAT THERE ARE FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS (SIR KENNETH KEITH IS EXPECTED TO SEE ADRIAN SWIRE TODAY) WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
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