TNAG-0769-FCO40-973-Supplies-of-electrical-power-for-Hong-Kong-Castle-Peak-power-1978 — Page 49

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3. I HAVE CHECKED THAT DAVID JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC

SERVICES, HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE PRESS RELEASE IN ITS PRESE

FORM ALTHOUGH HE WOULD WISH TO BE CONSULTED ABOUT ANY REFERENCE

TO THE LINK TO THE CHINESE BORDER BECAUSE THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TO CHINA HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SCHEME OF CONTROL. I UNDERSTAND

FROM ODELL THAT THE SPUR WOULD BE WORTH ANADEEE

FROM ODELL THAT THE SPUR WOULD BE WORTH AN ADDITIONAL POUNDS

STERLING 12 MILLION OF WHICH POUNDS STERLING 11 MILLION WOULD

REPRESENT UK GOODS AND SERVICES.

4. STRESSING THAT IT WAS A WORKING DRAFT ONLY, I SUBSEQUENTLY

SHOWED YOUR TEXT (WITH ODELL'S AMENDMENTS INCORPORATED) TO

SIDNEY GORDON. HE HAD TWO COMMENTS. FIRST THE REFERENCE IN THE

FINAL SENTENCE TO THE SUPPLY OF UK GOODS AND SERVICES SEEMED

UNNECESSARY AS IT DETRACTED FROM THE FIGURE GIVEN IN THE TITLE

AND PARAGRAPH ONE. SECOND, HE THOUGHT THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME

REFERENCE TO THE LINE TO THE BORDER AS IT WOULD BRING THE VALUE

OF THE ORDER UP TO JUST SHORT OF POUNDS STERLING 100 MILLION.

I SAID THAT I WAS NOT SURE WHY WE NEEDED TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE

TO THE UK GOODS AND SERVICES VALUE IN A PRESS RELEASE OF THIS NATURE AND WOULD PASS ON HIS COMMENT. I ALSO SAID THAT, WHILE I DID NOT THINK THAT WE WOULD OBJECT TO THE INCLUSION OF A

REFERENCE TO THE LINK WITH CHINA, I HOPED THAT CLP WOULD CLEAR

THEIR LINES WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. GORDON SAID THAT THEY

WOULD GIVE US FURTHER COMMENTS AFTER THEIR BOARD MEETING TOMORROW

MORNING (8 DECEMBER) WHEN THEY EXPECT TO A PROVE THE ISSUE

CF A LETTER OF INTENT.

5. THE NEWS OF CHINA'S WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS SALES CF ELECTRICITY ACROSS THE BORDER (SEE MY INDUS 214 AND 217) HAS NOW

BROKEN IN THE LOCAL PRESS AND KADOORIE THEREFORE BELIEVES THAT

HE SHOULD NOT MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT PROVISION FOR THIS IS INCLUDED IN CLP'S NEW TRANSMISSION DEVELOPMENT SCHEME.

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