TNAG-2141-FCO40-3060-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-1990 — Page 72

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IN THE MATTER. FURTHERMORE THE HKG HAS

EXPRESSED CLEAR INTEREST IN THE ANGLO/JAPANESE

CONSORTIUM, WHICH OFFERS. OUTSTANDING INDUSTRIAL CAPABILITIES AND WHICH COMBINES THE COMPANIES

OF THS COUNTRIES WITH DEFFERING BUT DEEPLY

UKC and bandY companie ^

Hei project and

COMMITTED INTERESTS IN HONG KONG. ALL THE WE BELIE

SIGNS ARE THAT THE CONSORTIUM STANDS A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SUCCESS PROVIDED IT CAN OFFER THE

FIRM COMMITMENT. OF THE COMPANIES AS PLANNED, AND PROVIDES IT IS COMPETITIVE AND MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HKG UNQUOTE.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT MITSUI ARE UPSET-AT TRAFALGAR HOUSES'S FORTHRIGHTNESS IN APPROACHING THE JAPANESE. AMBASSADOR HERE AND THE FOUR BIG JAPANESE COMPANIES

DIRECT. TH SAY THEY REGRET THIS BUT FELT THAT THEY

MUST ACT. AT PRESENT THE POSITION IS THAT MITSUI HAS BEEN

: KEEN TO SIGN UP ITS COMMITMENT TO THE CONSORTIUM, =

TO MEREC

BUT THE UK HAS BEEN UNWILLING FOR THIS UNTIL THE OTHER

- KEY JAPANESE PLAYERS ARE ALSO COMMITTED. IN TALKING TO MITSUI, THEREFORE, YOU WILL BE PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED AS FAR AS MITSUI'S INVOLVEMENT IS CONCERNED;

THEY KEY ISSUE RELATES TO THE OTHER MAJOR JAPANESE

PLAYERS.

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6. WE WOULD BE LEASED FINALLY IF YOUR CONVERSATION

CAN THROW MORE LIGHT ON WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN

UNCHARACTERISTIC JAPANESE FAILURE TO GET THEIR ACT

TOGETHER. THIS COULD RESULT FROM A DESIRE TO DRIVE A

HARD COMMERCIAL BARGAIN, FOR EXAMPLE IN RESPECT CF WORKSHARE; AS YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE IT IS VITAL THAT

THE UK SHOULD WIN AT LEAST HALF THE WORK WON BY THE

CONSORTIUM. IT COULD REFLECT DOUBTS

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