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INFO F C O, HONG KONG AND TOKYO.

HONG KONG POWER STATION PROJECT:

B.T.C. HONG KONG TELNO CREDA 95.

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1. AT THE DISCUSSION WHICH I HAD WITH THE JAPANESE

AMBASSADOR ON THE PROSPECTS FOR A LONGTERM ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN JAPANESE COMPANIES AND CHINA, HE SAID HE THOUGHT THAT THE KEY TO AN AGREEMENT WOULD BE CHINESE WILLINGNESS TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO SUPPLY OIL. THE MAIN JAPANESE INTEREST IN COAL SUPPLIES WOULD BE IN STEAM COAL FOR POWER STATIONS RATHER THAN FOR COKING COAL OF WHICH THEY ALREADY HAD ASSURED SUPPLIES FROM ELSEWHERE. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE JAPANESE HAD RECEIVED SOME INDICATION THAT THE CHINESE WERE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY IN ANHWEI PROVINCE FOR WHICH THE OUTLET WOULD BE THE PORT OF LIEN YUNKANG. ALTHOUGH AT PRESENT SMALL THIS PORT WAS A GOOD ONE CAPABLE OF DEVELOPMENT AND NOT AS VULNERABLE TO EITHER

CONGESTION OR EARTHQUAKES AS THE PORTS IN THE GULF OF POHAI.

HE CONFIRMED THAT THE JAPANESE COMPANIES CONCERNED WOULD BE

SENDING A SPECIALISED DELEGATION TO PEKING IN THE NEAR FUTURE

TO EXAMINE FURTHER WITH THE CHINESE WHAT COMMODITIES AND

EQUIPMENT MIGHT BE SUITABLE FOR INCLUSION IN A LONGTERM TRADE ARRANGEMENT.

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MR BUTLER

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