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TELEGRAM NUMBER INDUS 209 OF 27 NOVEMBER
FOR LIPPITT, DEPUTY SECRETARY.
MY INDUS 208.
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DURING THE WEEKEND I HAVE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM FLETCHER, DIRECTOR OF CLEVELAND AND HUFFCRD, HIS LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE TO
INTERVENE WITH CLP. SPEAKING ON THE TELEPHONE FROM LONDON FLETCHER
TOLD ME THAT HE HAD SETTLED HIS DISPUTE WITH MOUCHEL AND THAT THIS WAS NO LONGER AN ISSUE. I TOLD HIM THAT MY INFORMATION WAS THE OPPOSITE AND THAT CLEVELAND'S CHANCES OF LANDING THE ORDER SEEMED
VERY REMOTE.
2. WHEN FLETCHER SAID THAT HE WOULD TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH BABBAGE OF MOUCHEL IN LONDON I REMINDED HIM THAT I COULD NOT SECOME INVOLVED IN A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO BRITISH FIRMS AND THAT I WAS NOT THEREFORE WILLING TO INTERVENE WITH SPILLER, MOUCHEL'S LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS WELL KNOWN TO US.
3. I HAVE SPOKEN AGAIN TO STONES WHO SAID THAT THE CLP BOARD'S DECISION NOT TO ACCEPT CLEVELAND'S UNSCLICITED BID EVEN IF IT HAD BEEN THE LOWEST (WHICH IT WAS NOT) WAS UNANIMOUS. STONES WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT IF I CONTINUED TO PRESS THE CASE HE WOULD OBTAIN A FORMAL LETTER FROM KADOORIE CONFIRMING THAT CLEVELAND'S BID IS REJECTED. I HAVE TOLD HUFFORD THAT I AM
UNABLE TO DO ANY MORE.
4. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU PLAN SPEAKING TO OTHER BRITISH
BIDDERS FOR THIS CONTRACT EVEN THOUGH AS REPORTED IN MY INDUS 208 THEIR PRICES APPEAR TO BE EXTREMELY HIGH.
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