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KELIIVIC NER POENG. $1 13 NOV 1980

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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1495 OF 12 NOVEMBER, 1980 212.0.

INFO IMMEDIATE JEDDA AND INFO ROUTINE HONG KƠNG GO RNMENT

OFFICE LONDON.

OUR TELNO 5 TO JEDDA (COPIED TO YOU): OIL FOR HONG KONG

1. CIL INDUSTRY SOURCES HERE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT AN APPROACH SHOULD BE MADE TO BRITISH NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION (BNCC). WE HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY DONE SO BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT BNOC HAS REFINED OIL ONLY FROM TIME TO TIME AS A RESULT OF PROCESSING DEALS, AND BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF VOYAGE UK-HK.

2. BUT NOW, PARTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE DRAWN A BLANK ELSEWHERE BUT ALSO TO FORESTALL SAUDI QUESTIONS AS TO WHY H.M.G. IS NOT HELPING H.K.G. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF BNOC COULD SELL TO US 200,000 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND) METRIC TONS OF FUEL OIL. OUTLINE SPECIFICATION : 180 CST, SULPHUR MAX. 3.5%, POUR POINT MAX. 9 DEGREES C.

3. MOST GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE APPRO ACH ENOC FOR US OR ADVISE ON BEST MEANS OF APPROACH.

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