TNAG-0565-FCO40-660-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 37

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GR 120

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20 OCT 1975

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TO PRIORITY DO T TELNO CREDA 123 OF 17 OCTOBER.

FOR REDRUP, DOT INFO ROBERTS, CRE4.

FROM KINNEAR.

MY TEL CREDA 120: MASS TRANSIT.

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1. I HAVE SEEN A COPY OF THOMPSON'S TELEX TO KIER.

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AS WELL AS SUGGESTING AN APPROACH TO THE MIDLAND BANK HE PROPOSED THAT THEY MIGHT, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, FIND A THIRD PARTNER AND I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PURSUING THIS COURSE.

2. I BELIEVE THAT HIP HING, A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION FIRM WITH WHOM KIER HAVE CONTACTS, MAY SUGGEST THAT REFERENCE TO THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH HIP HING MIGHT HELP KIER WITH THE BOARD OF THE MASS TRANSIT CORPOR- ATION. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER HIP HING WILL GO SO FAR AS TO PROPOSE A JOINT AND SEVERAL PARTNERSHIP. AS TIME IS VERY SHORT, I HAVE SOUNDED OUT THOMPSON TO GET HIS REACTION AND IT IS CLEAR THE HE WOULD REGARD SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT VERY MUCH AS A LAST RESORT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE ADVISABLE TO INFORM ROBINSON OF J L KIER OF THIS, IN

CONFIDENCE.

KINNEAR

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