SEOUL-LONDON TO BE DECIDED BUT PROVISIONALLY 10 OR 11 DECEMBER.
3. A. BANGKOK. STOPOVER ONLY. BS PARTY WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE POST UNLESS LATTER CONSIDER THAT A HEETING WOULD DE USEFUL.
B. SINGAPORE. PARTY WOULD DE INTERESTED TO MEET SHIPBUILDERS, OWNERS AND REPAIRERS. CHUA TOR TEK, MANAGING DIRECTOR KEPPEL SHIPYARD, HAS BEEN MENTIONED TO BS AS KEY FIGURE IN THE INDUSTRY. SINGAPORE HAS RECENTLY EMERGED OFFERING LOWEST WORLD PRICES FOR NEWBUILDING AND REPAIR. GRATEFUL IF POST COULD ARRANGE ACCOMMODATION PREFERABLY AT RAFFLES HOTEL.
C. HONG KONG. BS ARE ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH JARDINE MATHESON ABOUT OUT ARRANGEMENTS AND THEY. HAVE BEEN ASKED TO COORDINATE THIS WITH YOU. CASEY RECENTLY MET CH AND CC TUNG IN LONDON AND BS WILL BE LOOKING TO OBTAIN ORDERS FROM HONG KONG OWNERS. BS UNDERSTAND THATJARDINES ARE INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNIST CONTROLLED OCEAN TRAMPING AND YIK FUNG COMPANIES. JARDINES ARE ARRANGING HOTEL BOOKINGS.
D. SEOUL. MAIN PURPOSE WILL BE TO VISIT HYUNDAI ALTHOUGH BS ARE PREPARED TO VISIT OTHER YARDS IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE. BS WILL LIAISE WITH LANCHIN OF SHIPBUILDING POLICY DIVISION ON HIS RETURN FROM KOREA LATER THIS MONTH ON HIS FINDINGS. IF NECESSARY GROUP CAN BE BRIEFED ON EARLIER PROPOSAL BY HYUNDAI FOR UK COOPERATION WITH KOREAN YARDS IF YOU THINK THAT IT IS LIKELY TO BE RAISED. GRATEFUL FOR VIEWS ON DURATION OF KOREAN LEG. WILL THREE WORKING DAYS BE SUFFICIENT ? GRATEFUL IF POST COULD ARRANGE HOTEL BOOKINGS.
4. IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF POSTS COULD ARRANGE THAT TRANSPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE BS TEAM. JARDINES WILL PRESUMABLY ARRANGE THIS IN HONG KONG. GENERALLY TEAM WILL DE WILLING TO TAKE ON WHATEVER MEETINGS OR SOCIAL FUNCTIONS POSTS CONSIDER USEFUL BUT THEY WOULD LIKE IF FOSSIBLE FOR SOME TIME TO BE KEPT FREE (INCLUDING SOME EVENINGS) FOR INDIVIDUAL FOLLOW-UP.
5. CONTACT FOR THIS VISIT AT BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS (TELEX 8812971) IS RICHARD HEYHOE.
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