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FM HONG KONG 220422Z DEC 78
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1471 OF 22 DECEMBER
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO DAWSON DS4 MOD FROM DAVIES : RN PATROL
CRAFT HONG KONG.
1. FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS ACCEPTED THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF
REPLACING THE 5 PATROL CRAFT.
2. THE HKG HAS APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE THE DESIGN AND BUILD TENDER
FROCEDURE, AND THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, SUBJECT TO FURTHER CONSIDERATION EBING GIVEN TO THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CALLING FOR TENDERS. THE SUGGESTION IS THAT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE MOST PRACTICAL AND ECONOMIC RESULTS YOU MIGHT GO TO TENDER FOR ONE OR
FIVE VESSELS (ASSUMING ALL WOULD BE BUILT IN UK) OR FOR ONE BUILT IN UK AND FOUR ELSEWHERE (ASSUMING THAT A POTENTIAL TENDERER MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BUILDING THE REMAINING FOUR OUTSIDE THE UK). THE PRESUMPTION BEING THAT IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO PLACE A FIRM
ORDER FOR FIVE SHIPS THAN TO DIVIDE THE TENDER.
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3. FURTHER TO PARA 2(F) OF MY TELNO 1440 OF 15 DECEMBER, COULD
YOU LOOK AGAIN AT THE TIMING OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FIRST VESSEL IN AUGUST 1982 AND OF THE REMAINING FOUR VESSELS ABOUT 20 MONTHS LATER IN DECEMBER 1983. AT OUR MEETING IN SEPTEMBER THOSE RESPONSIBLE RULED OUT AS UNNECESSARY MY SUGGESTION THAT IT MIGHT
BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO SEE ONE VESSEL IN ACTUAL OPERATION BEFORE YOU PROCEEDED TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE OTHER FOUR. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND IF YOU PLACED FIRM ORDERS FOR ALL FIVE SHIPS
IN MAY 1980, WOULD WE NOT SECURE DELIVERY OF ALL BEFORE THE END OF
1982, WHEN THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE PRESENT VESSELS IS DUE TO
END ?
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