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TELNO OTTER 190
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MY TELNO OTTER 155: GORDON WU AND PROJECTS: SHAJIAO C POWER STATION.
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MDHIAN 7024
GORDON WU HAS TOLD ME IN CONFIDENCE THAT GEC ALSTHOM'S BID FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE LOWEST. HE SAYS THEY HAVE NOT YET HAD TIME TO EXAMINE THE BIDS TO SEE WHETHER IT IS ALSO THE BEST, OR WHETHER IT HAS ACHIEVED A LOW FIGURE BY NOT MEETING ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT HE AGREED THAT THE PROSPECTS NOW LOOKED EXTREMELY GOOD FOR THEM.
2. I WILL BE INFORMING LORD PRIOR, CHAIRMAN OF GEC WHO ARRIVES LATER TODAY 11 OCTOBER. YOU MAY WISH ALSO TO INFORM GEC ALSTHOM IN LONDON AT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL. THEY WOULD DO WELL I THINK TO START PREPARING FOR DISCUSSION WITH HOPEWELL AND THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES AND SHOULD RE-ESTABLISH EARLY HIGH-LEVEL CONTACT WITH GORDON WU.
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BEFORE GETTING THIS NEWS WE HAD SPOKEN WITH MIDLAND BANK
IN. HONG KONG WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT ECGD, COVER BEING AVAILABLE TO THIS PROJECT, BUT SAID THEY THOUGHT THE TIME WAS NOT YET RIGHT FOR ANY ACTION ON THIS. IT MAY SOON BECOME RATHER MORE PROMISING IN LIGHT OF GORDON WU'S NEWS.
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