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FM BTC HONG KONG TO IMMEDIATE DTI
TELNO OTTER 211
OF 121108Z NOVEMBER 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE FCO INFO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
ние 15.2 13
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NOV 1987
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MDHIAN 1580
FOR ROGERS PEP
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MY TELNO OTTER 210: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT
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1. ON REFLECTION I WOULD ADD THAT THE COMMENTS IN MY TUR WERE MADE IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR QUESTION WHICH WAS HOW BEST TO FURTHER THE INTERESTS OF THE ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (AJC) IN THE BID FOR THE MAIN BRIDGE IN THIS PROJECT. IF YOUR VIEW OR THAT OF HMA TOKYO IS THAT THE APPARENT UNWILLINGNESS OF THE JAPANESE TO EXTEND EXPORT CREDIT BEYOND 1997 IS SUFFICIENT TO INHIBIT OR SERIOUSLY LIMIT JAPANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE AIRPORT PROJECT AS A WHOLE, AND IN OTHER HONG KONG PROJECTS WHICH EXTEND BEYOND 1997, THEN OUR CONCLUSIONS SHOULD PERHAPS BE DIFFERENT. THE IMPACT OF THAT WOULD BE VERY SERIOUS ON HONG KONG. THAT MIGHT WELL WARRANT VERY EARLY EXCHANGES AT A SUITABLY HIGH LEVEL. THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO NO DOUBT HAVE VIEWS.
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