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WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH COMPANIES INTEREST ED

IN THIS OPPORTUNITY. NOTABLY ILIFFE OF EWBANK PREECE HAS

REPORTED ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG ON THE

MYSTERIOUS FINANCE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MRS EILEEN WOO. PLESSEY,

TOO, AS YOU WILL KNOW, HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR OWN ENQUIRIES

IN TERRITORY. TO COMPLETE THE PICTURE, GEC ALSO WISH NOT TO

MISS THE BOAT AND HAVE TAGGED ON TO EP'S COATTAILS.

THE UPSHOT OF ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS A RECENT MEETING IN LONDON

OF EP, GEC (AS LEADERS OF THE UK AIRPORTS GROUP), BAA, AND

PLESSEY TO DISCUSS THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR THE UK. INITIALLY

THIS WAS VERY PLEASING TO PEP, FOR HERE WERE ALL THE MAJOR

AIRPORT EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ROUND THE SAME TABLE TOGETHER

WITH A CONSULTANT AND THE LEADING AIRPORT OPERATOR IN THE UK.

SINCE THAT MEETING (9 JULY) WE HAVE HAD LESS CAUSE TO BE

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