TNAG-0514-FCO40-579-Purchase-of-wide-bodied-aircraft-by-Cathy-Pacific-Airlines-1974 — Page 57

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OF THE SAME FACTORS AS CATHAY HAD IN MIND. EVEN IF LOCKHEEDS WERE MERGED WITH SOME OTHER COMPANY WHICH NOW SEEMED LESS LIKELY - IT WAS HARDLY CREDIBLE THAT THE TRISTAR MIGHT BE ABANDONED, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE DEEP INVOLVEMENT OF MANY AMERICAN BANKS.

6. THE SWIRE REPRESENTATIVES UNDERTOOK TO BEAR ALL OF THIS CAREFULLY IN MIND. BOTH THEY AND WE ARE EXPECTING THAT LOCKHEED WILL BE MAKING A FURTHER APPROACH IN HONG KONG TODAY OR TOMORROW WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING SOME FURTHER REASSURANCE REGARDING THEIR FUTURE PROSPECTS, SWIRES UNDERTOOK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US AGAIN AS SOON AS THEY HAD BEEN ABLE TO DIGEST THIS FURTHER MOVE AND TO CONSIDER TO WHAT EXTENT IT INSPIRED THE NECESSARY CONFIDENCE.

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