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INFO ROUTINE FCO, PEKING, TOKYO, ECGD LONDON
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MY TELNO OTTER 72: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT
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TERENCE REES, A DIRECTOR OF TARMAC, CALLED ON ME ON 10 APRIL. I HAD CALLED ON HIM IN LONDON DURING MY DUTY TOUR LAST JULY TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE AIRPORT PROJECT. HE SAID THEY HAD INTENDED TO FOLLOW THAT UP EARLIER BUT WERE DOING SO NOW BECAUSE OF APPROACHES FROM A NUMBER OF OTHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, MOSTLY NON-BRITISH (HE WAS NOT MORE SPECIFIC), ASKING THEM TO JOIN GROUPS COMPETING FOR VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS PROJECT.
2. REES SAID THEIR PRIMARY INTEREST WAS THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING. THEY WERE IN ADVANCED DISCUSSION WITH WHARF (LOCAL) AND AOKI OF JAPAN. (WE HAVE REPORTED PREVIOUSLY THAT WHARF WERE PUTTING A GROUP TOGETHER FOR THESE TWO TUNNELS). ADDITIONALLY THEY HAD NOT RULED OUT JOINING A GROUP TO PRE-QUALIFY FOR THE AIRPORT PLATFORM (PRE-QUALIFICATION CLOSES 5 MAY). THEY HAD BEEN INVITED TO JOIN MORE THAN ONE GROUP. THEY WERE LOOKING HARD AT
BUT HE THOUGHT THE ODDS WERE AGAINST THEM BECOMING INVOLVED IN THIS ONE. OUR MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF A WEEK'S STAY, AND HE SAID HE WAS LIKELY TO TAKE A DECISION ON PARTICIPATION IN THE PLATFORM BY THE TIME HE LEAVES, AND PROMISED TO LET ME KNOW BEFORE DEPARTURE.
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3. I ASSURED HIM THAT WE WARMLY WELCOMED THIS INTEREST AND WOULD GIVE WHATEVER HELP WE COULD.
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