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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2267
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WE UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. BUT AS MENTIONED IN OUR TELNO 2258,
THE RIFT BETWEEN MEMBERS IS NOW MARKED SEE MY TELNO 2270.
MARIA TAM, S L CHEN AND ALL LEE CALLED LAST MIGHT AND INDICATED THAT ALTHOUGH IT HAD BEEN AGREED TO HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE,
A MOTION WAS STILL VERY MUCH IN THE MINDS OF SOME MEMBERS INCLUDING
MARTIN LEE. IT IS PROBABLE, DEPENDING UPON WHAT IS SAID IN THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE, THAT A MOTION WILL BE PROPOSED.
2. ACCORDINGLY, MARIA TAM WILL BE MENTIONING THE POSSIBILITY OF
DEFERRING THE CONTRACTS UNTIL AFTER THE UMELCO VISITS. IN THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN HIS REPLY WILL HAVE TO
TOUCH UPON THE POINT. A PRIVATE WORD TO LEGCO MEMBERS WILL NOT
PREVENT THOSE WHO ARE INTENT ON MAKING POLITICAL CAPITAL OUT OF
THE DECATE FROM RAISING THE MSSUE OF DEFERRAL. THE MOOD S
AGGRESSIVE.
3. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE THAT THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SHOULD
REPLY AS FOLLOWS
*** AM GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS IN RELATION
TO THIS PROJECT ARE UNLIKELY TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE MID-OCTOBER
THIS YEAR. THIS IS STILL SOME MONTHS AWAY, AND HAVE NO DOUBT
THAT MY UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES CAN COMPLETE THEIR VISITS AND
CONSIDERATION OF THEIR FINDINGS WELL BEFORE THE RELEVANT DATE.
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE SEEMS NO NEED TO SUGGEST THAT THE
SIGNING OF CONTRACTS BE DELAYED. THERE IS AMPLE THE.''
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