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problems you are having to cope with being within the Department

of Trade other than in the other departments?

(Mr Checketts) Yea,

Mr McNally

170. Could I just turn the pattern over to the responsibility

of industry itself on the large projects. I think we found

last year on our visit to the Far East that there is considerable

national prestige to win these contracts and the halo effect,

if they have done well, other industries and the country benefits.

Are we as good as other countries in making sure that the right

consortium is the lead consortium and do we tend to elbow each

other out and are other countries better in making sure that the

Italian, or the German or the French or the Japanese or the Korean

bidding for a prestige project are the ones getting all the

support and there is not a national rival to aid to the international

competition?

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