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AND GULLICK DOBSON (8 SETS). BOTH CONTRACT WERE FIXED PRICE BASIS. GULLICK DOBSON (GD) CONTRACT WAS WORTH TOTAL

£5.3m. GD SUPPLIED THE 300 TON YIELD HYDRAULIC ROOF

SUPPORTS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS SUPPLIED COAL CUTTING EQUIPMENT (ANDERSON MAVOR) AND ELECTRICAL AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT (BALDWIN & FRANCIS, BICC, BRUSH TRANSFORMERS, JOHN DAVIES DERBY). DOWTY CONTRACT WAS WORTH TOTAL £14.5M. SUB-

CONTRACTORS WERE ALMOST CERTAINLY SAME AS THOSE IN GD

CONTRACT.

4 WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE MAIN COMPANIES TO PURSUE THE

POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER EXPORTS TO CHINA ON BASIS OF

PREVIOUS ORDERS. A SINO-BRITISH TRADE COUNCIL TRADE

DELEGATION WHICH IS VISITNG PEKING IN SEPTEMBER WILL

INCLUDE MINING MACHINERY INTERESTS. IN ADDITION A

DELEGATION FROM CHINA HAS BEEN INVITED TO COME TO UK IN

OCTOBER AT TIME OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MINING

EQUIPMENT.