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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3210
OF 02113OZ NOVEMBER 90
CONFIDENTIAL
027230 MDHIAN 7416
TOP COPY Q DIST?
STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
MIPT: PADS : BRITISH BUSINESS INTERESTS
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HKC 182 12
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1. I FOUND YOUR TELNO 2023 PRETTY GALLING. WE HAVE ACTUALLY GONE OUT OF OUR WAY TO BE HELPFUL TO THE ANGLO/JAPANESE CONSORTIUM. I SEE GORDON MANZIE WHEN HE COMES HERE, SOMETIMES AT SHORT NOTICE AND CONSIDERABLE INCONVENIENCE. CS HAS MET HIM TWICE THIS YEAR IN HONG KONG AND CALLED ON HIM SPECIALLY IN LONDON IN SEPTEMBER. HE
HAS IN ADDITION KEPT THE CONSORTIUM INFORMED OF IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS BY TELEPHONE. THIS INCLUDED EXPLAINING THE DECISION
ON THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING TO GORDON MANZIE. HE PLANS TO SEE MANZIE AGAIN IN LONDON LATER THIS MONTH. THE FS HAS ALSO SEEN THE CONSORTIUM ON A LARGE NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. SINCE HE IS AT PRESENT IN SHANGHAI, I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE DETAILS TO HAND.
2. IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS, FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH CHRISTIAN ADAMS IN LONDON IN SEPTEMBER, THE CS PASSED HIM A LIST OF UPCOMING CONSTRACTS WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO BRITISH FIRMS.
3. NONE OF THE ABOVE HAS BEEN, OR SHOULD BE, BROADCAST AROUND FOR VERY OBVIOUS REASONS. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS PRETTY DEPRESSING TO FIND ATTEMPTS TO GIVE SENSIBLE AND HELPFUL ADVICE, AS IN MIPT, THROWN BACK AS AN ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE BRITISH COMMERCIAL
INTERESTS. THE CONTRARY IS TRUE.
WILSON
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