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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE AND THAT THEY THEREFORE

SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO IT WHOEVER WINS. THIS LINE OF THOUGHT TRAFALGAR HOUSE GROUP MIGHT BE ABLE TO COUNTER BY STRESSING THEIR MITSUI COMPONENT.

4. MEANWHILE I AM ALSO GETTING SOME LOBBYING FROM KIER TO REMIND US THAT THE BOUYGUE LED GROUP CONTAINS THEM AS WELL AS MAUNSELL AND MIDLAND BANK OF THE UK. THEY DECLINED TO ANSWER MY DIRECT QUESTION ON KIER'S SHARE OF THE CONSORTIUM. MY GUESS IS THAT IT IS AROUND 15 PERCENT. THIS WOULD PROVIDE A USEFUL CONSOLATION PRIZE IF THEY WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT IT IS NOT TO BE COMPARED TO THE BRITISH CONTENT OF THE TRAFALGAR HOUSE LED GROUP.

5. I HAVE MADE THIS TELEGRAM PERSONAL, FOLLOWING THE SIMILAR CAVEAT ON YOUR OWN TELEGRAM, BUT HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH DAVID HALL OF PEP, DTI.

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