TNAG-0766-FCO40-970-Supplies-of-electrical-power-for-Hong-Kong-Castle-Peak-power-1978 — Page 66

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TO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG TELNO INDUS 41 OF 3 FEBRUARY 1978.

YOUR INDUS 20 OF 1 FEBRUARY: POWER STATION CONTRACT.

FOUR POINTS ON YOUR DISCUSSION WITH STONES:

1. THE PERCENTAGE FIGURE IN YOUR SECOND SENTENCE APPEARED IN TEXT AS QUOTE WT UNQUOTE PERCENT. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT FIGURE STONES PUT TO YOU. ALTHOUGH WE ARE ENGAGING EXPERIENCED CONSULTANTS WE ARE OF COURSE NOT PROMISING A LOWER PRICE WILL BE PUT FORWARD (THE CONSULTANTS' VIEWS WILL BE IMPORTANT HERE) BUT WE

ARE FULLY AWARE OF NEED FOR SPEED:

2. REGARDING TRANSMISSION DOCUMENT, STONES SHOWED ME IN CARLTON TOWERS (BUT DID NOT BRING TO DINNER) MAUVE COVERED DOCUMENT ABOUT ONE INCH THICK ENTITLED QUOTE CLP TRANSMISSION DEVELOPMENT PLAN NOVEMBER 1977 UNQUOTE. I PRESUMED THIS SET OUT IN SOME DETAIL THE SPECIFIC TRANSMISSION PROJECTS CLP IS PLANNING. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR PLANNING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS OR OTHER GUIDANCE (EXCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL MATERIAL) WHICH STONES CAN LET YOU HAVE:

3. REGARDING BALFOURS, I DID NOT INTEND TO CONVEY THAT ONLY BALFOURS WOULD BE BIDDING. I WAS POINTING OUT THAT BALFOURS WERE, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, AHEAD OF SUB-STATION CONTRACTORS IN PREPARING BIDS. WE AS HMG COULD:

(1) URGE BALFOURS TO COMPLETE TENDERS WITH ALL SPEED AND SUBMI T

SAY, IN MARCH: OR

(11 TELL BALFOURS TO DELAY THEIR TENDERS UNTIL SUB-STATION WORK

WAS EQUALLY ADVANCED.

ANY GUIDANCE STONES CAN GIVE ON THIS WOULD BE WELCOMED.

4. KENNEDY AND DONKIN HAVE TOLD US STONES HAD HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH

THEIR MANAGER IN HONG KONG.