DRAFT TELEX FOR DISCUSSION
to Sir Lawrence Kadoorie
from HMG
26/5
IN RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSALS WHICH YOU PLACED BEFORE
PRIME MINISTER AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN LONDON LAST MONTH,
WE WOULD MAKE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS:-
The Doi have
virtually decided to darp hul arpat to over complicaté things funker.
in order ust
A BRITISH DELEGATION LED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRY AND SUPPORTED BY GEC, BABCOCK & WILCOX,
BALFOUR BEATTY, THE WEIR GROUP AND LAZARDS SHOULD
VISIT HONG KONG AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE
CONVENIENT TO YOURSELVES TO DISCUSS A PLAN WHICH
WILL EMBRACE THE EXPANSION OF HONG KONG'S GENERATING
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CAPACITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DE-SALINATION
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PLANT.TEMPORANÍOUSLY HMG WILI, WISH TO EXAMINE
THE MEANS BY WHICH IT MAY INITIATE NEGOTIATIONS
FOR THE SALE OF BRITISH COAL MINING EQUIPMENT TO
CHINA ON A COUNTER TRADE BASIS. THE OBJECTIVE
OF THESE DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE TO AGREE UPON A
WHICH
SUITABLE FRAMEWORK WITHIN "X" BRITISH EQUIPMENT AND
SERVICES MIGHT BE PROVIDED TO HONG KONG FOR YOUR
IMPORTANT PROJECTS ON PAYMENT TERMS WHICH ARE
DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PROJECTED CASH FLOW FROM
THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES.
ALTHOUGH IT IS ATTRACTIVE TO CONTEMPLATE PURSUING
THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF YOUR PROPOSAL SIMULTANEOUSLY
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IMMEDIATE ATTENTION SHOULD EE
GIVEN TO THE FIRST PHASE WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE NEW
POWER STATION.
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