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TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG TELNO INDUS 208 OF 13 SEPTEMBER

FOR MARCH FROM THORNTON

TECHNICAL VISIT

1. HAVELOCK HAS BEEN INDISPOSED OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER HE

RETURNS TOMORROW AND IS CONFIDENT THAT HE CAN COME OUT AS PLANNED:

I SHALL NOTIFY IMMEDIATELY IF THERE IS DOUBT.

2. WE RECEIVED TODAY MORRISON'S LETTER OF 11 SEPTEMBER ABOUT

SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATION, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY HEARD FROM

CONTRACTORS THAT THEY ARE HAVING EXTREME DIFFICULTY WITH THIS (AND INDEED WITH FLIGHTS). THEY HAD FORMED A WRONGLY FIRM

EXPECTATION THAT THE VISIT WOULD NOT BE BEFORE 2 OCTOBER, AND NOT

TAKEN CONTINGENCY MEASURES FOR AN EARLIER START. WE HAVE PASSED

THEM THE INFORMATION IN MORRISON'S LETTER.

3. THIS IS MOST UNFORTUNATE, SINCE WE HAD TOLD THEM A LONG TIME AGO TO BE AVAILABLE FROM 21 SEPTEMBER FOR THREE WEEKS, AND HAD (WE THOUGHT) KEPT THEM IN TOUCH WITH OUR CONTACTS WITH CLP

(AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, SHARING WITH THEM ANY OPINIONS OF WHEN WE THOUGHT CLP LIKELY TO BE READY).

4. IF TOMORROW SOME REMAIN UNPLACED IS THERE ANY INFLUENCE YOU OR KADOORIE/CLP COULD EXERT TO HELP ON REQUEST FROM US? APART FROM

CURSELVES WE ARE TALKING OF AN UNKNOWN PROPORTION OF 15 PEOPLE.

5. IS THERE ALSO ANYTHING YOU PERSONALLY KNOW, WITHOUT

APPROACHING THEM, OF CLP'S PREFERENCE FOR A 25TH SEPTEMBER OR LATER START (BEARING IN MIND WE ASKED FOR THE FORMER?). IN OTHER WORDS IS POSTPONEMENT WHICH 13 NOT AN OPTION WE ARE YET PURSUING LIKELY TO RE WELCOME TO CLP, AND PRESENTABLE AS A

WISH TO CONFORM WITH THEIR WISHES BEARING IN MIND STONES'

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