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GRS 210
DESKS 6010OZ
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HKK 164/1
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TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG TELNO INDUS 219 OF 25 SEPTEMBER.
FOR THORNTON FROM KESTEN.
YOUR INDUS 131 REFERS.
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SPOUSES ADVISED OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL.
2. YOU ASKED FOR DATES WHEN MR LIPPITT MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME OUT. AS YOU KNOW HE IS HOLDING 30 OCTOBER TO 10 NOVEMBER. OTHER POSSIBILITIES ARE 11-22 DECEMBER AND 27 NOVEMBER 8 DECEMBER (THESE LATTER WEEKS BEING LESS FREE AND TO BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE). HIS OFFICE WILL EXPECT TO HEAR FROM US ON DATES ASAP.
COST ESCALATION SCHEME RENEWAL
3. CURRENT POSITION IS THAT ECGD'S FINAL PAPER ARGUING FOR RENEWAL HAS BEEN DRAFTED BUT NOT YET CIRCULATED, IC ESTIMATE AND MR BIRCH CONFIRMS PAPER UNLIKELY TO GO TO MINISTERS BEFORE MID-OCTOBER.
STAFFING OF BTC
4. YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT MR MARCH HAS ASKED US TO SUPPORT HIS APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF. THE PRESENT POSITION IS THAT HE HAS NOT YET FORMALLY ASKED THE FCO FOR ANYONE AND THEY WILL THEREFORE NOT ACT. CAN YOU RAISE THIS THERE?
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5. I SPOKE TO MR BAKER AT BEI THIS AFTERNOON. HE HAD REFUSED TO GIVE US APPROXIMATE FIGURES ON BE! SPENDING FOR 1978/9. HE AGREED TO PROVIDE BALL-PARK FIGURES FOR OUR USE ON THE BASIS THAT THESE WOULD NOT PREJUDICE PAYMENT OF FUTURE BEI ACCOUNTS IF DUE TO CLP'S ALTERATION OF TIMETABLES THEY WERE TO OVERSHOOT.
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