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FM HONG KONG 150810Z JULY 80

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 902 OF 15 JULY

FOR MR P J WILLIAMSON HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT

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FURTHER TO MY LETTER TO YOU IN CR 3/5211/80 OF 10TH JULY 1980.

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AS MENTIONED IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF THE LETTER, THE

FIRST BOARD MEETING OF OWENSBORD ENTERPRISES LTD HAS BEEN HELD. A TIME-TABLE FOR THE PROJECT WAS THEN WORKED UP, ONE

IMPLICATION OF WHICH IS THAT ARRANGEMENTS FOR PURCHASING THE OIL ETC ARE LIKELY TO COMMENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, 1980.

AS THE PROJECT DEVELOPS, IT SEEMS LESS LIKELY THAT OIL WILL HAVE TO BE OBTAINED FROM IRAN BUT A VIEW ON THE PROBLEM IN

MY LETTER WOULD BE HELPFUL NONETHELESS.

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