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MANZIE WILL BE MEETING SIR DAVID FORD TODAY 15 APRIL. HE IS CONFIDENT THAT IT IS NOW A FIGHT BETWEEN HYUNDAI AND THE AJC. HE BELIEVES THAT THE FRENCH AND THE ALL JAPANESE CONSORTIUM HAVE EFFECTIVELY BEEN ELIMINATED. I AM NOT SO CONVINCED THAT NEITHER COULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE TABLE. INDEED, I CONTINUE TO FEAR THAT IF HYUNDAI ARE REJECTED, THERE WOULD REMAIN A DANGER THAT THE HK ADMINISTRATION WOULD TURN TO THE FRENCH LED GROUP TO AVOID THE FLACK THAT WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY FOLLOW A SUBSEQUENT AWARD TO THE BRITISH LED GROUP. PERHAPS THIS HOWEVER IS A FADING DANGER: TALKS AT PRESENT SEEM TO BE TAKING PLACE ONLY WITH HYUNDAI AND AJC. THE PROSPECT OF AJC EMERGING AS THE EVENTUAL WINNER SEEM THEREFORE TO BE QUITE HIGH: BETTER I WOULD GUESS THAN EVENS AT PRESENT. (THERE IS, INCIDENTALLY, A SMALL BRITISH ELEMENT IN THE HYUNDAI BID: RENDEL PALMER AND BRITTAN. AT NO STAGE, HOWEVER, HAVE WE HEARD FROM THEM).
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