TNAG-2141-FCO40-3060-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-1990 — Page 96

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YOUR TELNO 480 TO PEKING: VISIT BY MR MAUDE: PADS

JI'S COMMENT IN PARA 4 OF TUR THAT THE CHINESE WOULD WELCOME SOME FURTHER (QUOTE) CONCISE CLEAR BRIEFING MATERIAL (UNQUOTE) ON PADS A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MR. MAUDE'S VISIT IS SLIGHTLY FRUSTRATING. YOU WILL RECALL (LEEKS' LETTER TO SIR A. DONALD, COPIED TO PAUL, HKD, OF 3 APRIL) THAT WE GAVE A CONCISE SUMMARY OF ALL THE WORK WE HAD DONE ON PADS TO ZHOU NAN IN MY LETTER TO HIM OF 23 MARCH.

2. WE SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED HINTS FROM THE CHINESE THAT THIS MATERIAL WAS INADEQUATE AND THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THE DETAILED BACKGROUND. WE THEREFORE (MY TELNO 1406) PROVIDED COPIES OF ALL EIGHT FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT WE HAD DONE ON THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. THESE INCLUDED A FINANCIAL STUDY WHICH WENT INTO AS MUCH DETAIL AS WAS POSSIBLE WHEN IT WAS PRODUCED

IN MID 1989. FURTHER FINANCIAL ESTIMATES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME (AS SIR PIERS JACOBS EXPLAINED TO NCNA WHEN HE HANDED THE STUDIES OVER ON 27 APRIL). BUT, AS WE INDICATED IN OUR TELNO 1785, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH WHATEVER FURTHER USEFUL BACKGROUND ON PADS THAT WE CAN BEFORE MR. MAUDE'S VISIT TO PEKING NEXT MONTH.

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