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FOR ADAMS, HEAD OF PEP
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YOUR TELNO OTTER 19: AIRPORT PROJECT
1. MARTIN BARROW OF JARDINES HAS TOLD ME THAT SIR NIGEL BROACKES
AND PETER COSTAIN WILL ARRIVE HONG KONG ON THE EVENING OF THURSDAY 15 FEBRUARY AND DEPART ON THE EVENING OF FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY. HE HAS ARRANGED APPOINTMENTS WITH THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD (CHIEF SECRETARY), SIR PIERS JACOBS (FINANCIAL SECRETARY), MRS ANSON CHAN (ECONOMIC SERVICES), AND IS EXPECTING THEM ALSO TO SEE GRAHAM BARNES (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT), MICHAEL LEUNG (TRANSPORT) AND KENNETH KWOK (WORKS). THEY WILL CALL ON ME FIRST THING THAT MORNING. THE PRESENTATION BY FLETCHER AND OTHERS IS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE AT 1030 ON SATURDAY 17 FEBRUARY. THE PRESENCE OF BROACKES AT THAT THEREFORE DOES NOT ARISE SINCE HE WILL BE LEAVING THE PREVIOUS EVENING. IF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FIELD THEIR FIRST TEAM (AS THEY DID LAST TIME WHEN THEY WERE LED BY SIR P JACOBS, MRS A CHAN, K KWOK AND OTHERS) THEN I THINK IT WILL BE A PITY THAT THE TOP NAMES ON THE TRAFALGAR HOUSE/COSTAIN SIDE ARE NOT ALSO PRESENT, AND I WOULD URGE THAT PETER COSTAIN TAKES THE LEAD. I HAVE ALSO SUGGESTED TO BARROW THAT IN MY VIEW IT WOULD HELP IF THE SENIOR MITSUI REPRESENTATIVES WERE ALSO PRESENT AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN A VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE ROLE.
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