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TELEGRAP NUMBER INDUS 303 OF 24 NOVEMBER.

FOR MARSH FROM VINCENT.

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YOUR INDUS 200 TO OLDHAM

BABCOCK AND WILCOX LIMITED.

1. ARRANGEMENTS IN PARA 2 OF INDUS 200 ARE CONFIRMED.

2. THE PARTY WELCOMES POSSIBILITY OF CALLING ON WILLIAMS OF.HKE AND SUGGESTS THURSDAY MORNING 30 NOVEMBER IF YOU CAN ARRANGE IT. KING WILL CHECK WITH YOU BY PHONE ON ARRIVAL.

3. HKE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL AND ASH HANDLING PLANT. B AND W HAVE STRESSED INTEREST IN BIDDING TO HKE REPRESENTATIVES IN LONDON AND HONG KONG AND ARE NOW ANSWERING TECHNICAL QUERIES ON PROJECT FROM HKE. KINNARD (SALES DIRECTOR OF BABCOCK HYDROPNEUMATICS LTD) HOPES TO VISIT HKE NEXT WEEK AND IS ALSO TO INVESTIGATE HAVING FORTRESS TRADING AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (SUBSIDIARY OF HKE) AS HONG KONG AGENTS. POSSIBILITIES OF THIS HAVE NOT, I UNDERSTAND, BEEN PUT TO HKE OR FORTRESS AND ARE CONFIDENTIAL. A PARTY FROM ASSOCIATED TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED (ANOTHER HKE SUBSIDIARY) ARE IN EUROPE AND WILL TOUR B AND W BUILT INSTALLATIONS IN UK BETWEEN 1 AND 5 DECEMBER.

4 MR KING HAS THREE COLLEAGUES: MESSRS CAMPBELL, SMITH AND MCAINSH. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:

(A) JOHN LEONARD KING, AGED 61, CHAIRMAN OF BABCOCK AND WILCOX, LIMITED SINCE 1972. JOINED B AND W IN 1970. HE HAS PRESIDED OVER DIVERSIFICATION OF B AND W BY POLICY OF ACQUISITION AND TURNOVER HAS INCREASED FROM POUNDS STERLING 127M (1972) TO POUNDS STERLING 656M (1977). WHOLE OF HIS WORKING LIFE HAS BEEN SPENT IN ENGINEERING INDUSTRY AND HE HAS FOUNDED A NUMBER OF COMPANIES. MEMBER, INTER.. ALIA, OF GRAND COUNCIL OF CBI AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES COUNCIL. RECREATION: FIELD SPORTS.

(B) RON CAMPBELL, WILL BE 54 ON 28 NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY. MANAGING DIRECTOR B AND W (OPERATIONS) LTD AND WAS TO HAVE BECOME CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF BABCOCK-CHAPMAN DOILER-MAKING GROUP IF MERGER HAD

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