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TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 155 OF 17 MARCH, 1978
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INFO BTC HONG KONG, HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR), D O T (CRE.4), DOI (ICS2).
MY TELNO 135: CHINESE COAL FOR HONG KONG POWER STATION.
1. DURING MY FAREWELL CALL ON THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE
LJ CH'TANG YESTERDAY I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT SIR
LAWRENCE KADOORIE WOULD BE VISITING CHINA IN MAY AND HOPED TO
BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE SUPPLY OF COAL FOR THE HONG KONG POWER STATION WITH THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE IN PEKING. LI CHIANG SAID
THAT IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE. GRATEFUL IF HONG KONG COULD OBTAIN
FROM SIR LAWRENCE HIS DETAILED TRAVEL PLANS AS FAR AS THEY CONCERN
PEKING SO THAT WE CAN PUT ARRANGEMENTS IN HAND FOR HIM TO BE
RECEIVED.
2n I ALSO SAID THAT C.L.P./P.S.P.C.O. WOULD LIKE TO SEND A
SPECIALIST TEAM TO DISCUSS PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS AND SUCH
MATTERS AS SPECIFICATIONS, SHIPMENT ETC. HE AGREED THAT MY
COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR SHOULD LET HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE MINISTRY
HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE NATURE OF THE QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED.
GRATEFUL IF HONG KONG COULD LET US HAVE A LIST OF POINTS WHICH
THE TEAM WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.
3. ON TIMING, THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THE TEAM
ARRIVING BEFORE SIR LAWRENCE SO THAT IF NECESSARY HE COULD IRON
OUT ANY PROBLEMS. IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL TO IDENTIFY QUICKLY
WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO LIE IN
THE TRANSPORT AND HANDLING FIELD. ON THE OTHER HAND LATE-APRIL
AND EARLY-MAY MIGHT BE A CRUCIAL TIME IN THE NEGOTIATION OF
THE CONTRACTS FOR COAL PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT. WHILE DURING MY
CALL LI CH'IANG MADE NO ATTEMPT TO LINK THE SUPPLY OF COAL AND
PURCHASE OF COAL MINING EQUIPMENT THE CHINESE MIGHT TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLOIT THE COINCIDENCE OF THE DISCUSSIONS TO EXERT PRESSURE EVEN IF THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN A FORMAL TRIANGULAR
DEAL.
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