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5. EARLIER IN THE WEEK SIR G. MANZIE OF THE ANGLO JAPANESE GROUP WAS HERE WITH A SUBSTANTIAL TEAM. THEIR TALKS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION WENT WELL, BUT HE SAID HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE TO DO MORE ON THE PUBLICITY FRONT, PARTICULARLY FROM JOHN FLETCHER OF TRAFALGAR HOUSE. HE SAID HE WAS RELUCTANT TO RISK STIRING THINGS UP, BUT ASKED MY ADVICE. I SUGGESTED CAUTION, NOT LEAST BECAUSE ALMOST DAILY THE PRESS CARRY STORIES OF HYUNDAI'S FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES. IT SCARCELY SEEMED NECESSARY TO INTERVENE
WHILE THE TIDE WAS FLOWING THEIR WAY. I SAID HOWEVER THAT WE WOULD GENTLY SEEK TO INFLUENCE THE LOCAL PRESS IN THEIR FAVOUR, AND MOREOVER IF WE DETECTED A DECISION MOVING AGAINST THEM, THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DO MORE.
IN ENSURING THAT MANZIE AND
6. THERE WOULD BE MERIT THEREFORE FLETCHER SEE THE TEXT OF THE SCMP EDITORIAL (AND PERHAPS, THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE HAD A HAND IN IT).
6. THE MANZIE LED TEAM WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT, AS THE SCMP CORRECTLY REPORTS, IT NOW APPEARS TO BE A CONTEST BETWEEN ONLY
THE KOREAN AND THE ANGLO JAPANESE
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