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CONFIDENTIAL

THE SALIENT POINTS IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE

9TH MANAGEMENT GROUP MEETING HELD IN GUANGZHOU

ON THE 9TH JULY 1980, AND OTHER IMPRESSIONS

GAINED FROM INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS.

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The main points which emerged were:

1.

A clear indication came from Mr. Chen Gang who said that

KEC would have no objection to the U.K. Government backing

CLP. He added that in a project of this size, the interests

of the following parties should be taken into consideration.

Guangdong Province

China

a.

b.

c.

Hong Kong

d.

The United Kingdom.

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Mr. Chen went as far as to say that it would be an improper

thing to do, if any of the above parties were omitted from

consideration.

On various occasions, CLP put the question of U.K. Government

participation to KEC, and in each case they were assured that

KEC had no objection.

Mr. Chen Gang said that if the U.K. Government was willing to

back CLP, then instead of raising any objection, KEC should

indeed welcome it; considering the fact that backing from a

government would be of greater value than that from any other organisation. He suggested that CLP should now go ahead and

seek the views of the U.K. Government and see if support would

he made available.

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2.

It was reiterated at the meeting that in the event of services

and equipment from different countries being equally competitive.

preference would be given to Chinese and U.K. interests.

This was

summarised by Mr. Chen Gang under the two following

principles.

a. The services and equipment must be competitive.

b. Having satisfied the first condition, then the interests

of Guangdong Province, China, Hong Kong and U.K. must be

taken into consideration.

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