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TO IMMEDIATE D T I TELNO CREDA 282 OF 23 NOVEMBER 1977.
PERSONAL FOR LIPPITT.
YOUR CREDAS 358 AND 362: POWER STATION PROJECT.
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THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN OBTAINED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE FROM STONES
WHO HAS SHOWN BUT NOT GIVEN ME A COPY OF ELECTROWATT'S LETTER TO
SIR LAWRENCE. ALTHOUGH YOU MAY WELL BY NOW HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION
FROM OTHER SOURCES, I AM SURE YOU WILL PROTECT MY SOURCE.
2. DEAN BARRETT HAS RESPONDED TO ELECTROWATT'S SUGGESTION THAT CLP/PEPCO MAKE A COPY OF THEIR REPORT AVAILABLE TO THE DO! BY
POINTING OUT THAT AS ELECTROWATT'S IMPARTIALITY IS AT STAKE, THE
DECISION IS FOR THEM. STONES FEARS THAT THIS NON-COMMITAL REPLY
COULD RESULT IN NO ACTION BEING TAKEN BY ELECTROWATT TO ENLIGHTEN
YOU
3. MAIN POINTS IN THE ELECTROWATT LETTER ARE:-
(1) DESIGN PARAMETERS OF UK PACKAGE ARE ADEQUATE FOR CLP'S
REQUIREMENTS:
11) A SYNTHESIS OF PRICES AVAILABLE FOR FRENCH, GERMAN, SWISS, AUSTRIAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, CANADIAN AND US COMPETITORS ARE NOT REPEAT NOT MORE FAVOURABLE THAN UK TENDER:
(111) THE CONSULTATIVE SERVICES BEING MADE AVAILABLE BY THE CEGB ARE VALUED AT POUNDS STERLING NINE MILLIION:
(IV) TRANSPORTATION COSTS QUOTED ARE MORE FAVOURABLE THAN WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM ANY OTHER EUROPEAN SUPPLIER. (COMMENT THIS IS ODD AND COULD LEAD CLP TO SUSPECT ELECTROWATT'S JUDGEMENT GIVEN OUR SUBSEQUENT ABILITY TO OFFER A FORTY PERCENT REDUCTION).
4. THE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT OUR PRICE IS ATTRACTIVE AND THAT
SUBJECT TO CLARIFICATION OF FOLLOWING POINTS, A SATISFACTORY
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