TNAG-0759-FCO40-963-Manufacture-and-storage-of-explosives-in-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 20

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22 MAY 1978

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HAH Cortazzi Esq

Deputy Under-Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office King Charles Street

LONDON

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SLURRY EXPLOSIVES PROJECT

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Mr Angställ

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Many thanks for your letters of 21st April and 12th May. most grateful to you for your support. We submitted our tender on due date in Hong Kong and we shall now await the final decision which you say is likely to be taken on 23rd May.

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