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Jon Teken

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TO IMMEDIATE D O I TELNO INDUS 170 OF 26 OCTOBER 1978.

FOR LIPPITT FROM THORNTON.

HONG KONG ELECTRIC.

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1. I BELIEVE YOU ARE MEETING S L CHEN (HONG KONG ELECTRIC) TODAY.

YOU SHOULD BEFOREHAND READ M IF T REPORTING OUR MEETING WITH KADOORIE, FOR LATTER'S COMMENTS ON INTEGRATION. I THINK YOU SHOULD

NOT REVEAL DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT FROM

WHICH SIR LAWRENCE READ.

2. IN ADDITION, THE LOCAL NEI REPRESENTATIVE, ROBERT ASHWORTH,

HAS PRESSED ON US THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COAL AND ASH HANDLING PLANT

FOR HKE'S LAMMA ISLAND POWER STATION, WHICH NEI HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH HKE. THE BUSINESS COULD BE WORTH POUNDS STERLING

15 MILLION. UK TECHNOLOGY IS WELL UP WITH THE WORLD (IN ADDITION

TO NEI, GEC AND BABCOCKS HAVE INTERESTS) AND YOU SHOULD EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE UK INDUSTRY'S CLAIMS TO S L CHEN, WHO IS KNOWN

ALSO TO BE LOOKING AT JAPANESE AND GERMAN EQUIPMENT. HAVELCOK

WOULD NOT HOWEVER PRESS NEI BEFORE BABCOCKS OR GEC.

3. ASHWORTH HAS SPOKEN TO WHYMAN AT NEI IN ENGLAND, WHO MAY CALL

YOU WITH FURTHER INFORMATION.

4. PLEASE COPY TO FINCH, KESTEN (EPT).

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