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DEFENCE CARD SOONER OR LATER AND I GAVE WARNING OF THIS IN

JULY 92. OF MY TELNO 15 OF 6 THEY ARE DOING IT IN THIS WAY. ON THE ROPES AND WILL THEREFORE DRAW OUT THE FINALISING OF FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE THE TEMPTATION TO TRY TO EXTRACT SOMETHING ELSE OUT OF THE

HOWEVER, IT IS RATHER TIRES

THINK THEY HA. THEY CLEARLY

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AND CANNOT

I CANNOT SAY WHETHER WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING ON THE IN IS OF ANY BUSINESS SIGNIFICANCE TO BAE AND/OR ROLLS ROYCE. CLEARLY THE TWO COMPANIES NEED TO GET TOGETHER TO WORK OU

SIR R ROBINS STRATEGY ON TAIWAN, NOT LEAST ON THE RJ.

MAS

POINT TO ME THAT THE GARRET ENGINE ON THE IDF IS NOW IN COMPETITION WITH THE ROLLS ROYCE ENGINE CURRENTLY FITTED T45 (THE US VERSION OF THE HAWK). THE TAIWANESE SEEM TO PLAYING A VERY DEFT HAND.

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THE OTHER PROPOSALS, I.E. POSTING OF A ''DEFENCE AND VISITS BY SERVICE CHIEFS, ARE OF A KIND WHERE THE TAIWAN: SE

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME

THE

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WOULD EXPECT A QUICK ANSWER. FORMER POINT HAS BEEN RAISED WITH ME, AS I HAVE REPORTED ONLY ON A RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG, BUT THE VISITS BY SERVICE

IN ESSENCE THE TRO ! HAS NEVER BEEN PUT QUITE SO BLUNTLY. PRIVATE ORGANISATION. THE ONLY WAY WE COULD PREVENT AN ASSIGNMENT THERE WOULD BE TO WITHHOLD THE WORK PERMIT.

THE

OTHER HAND, AS WE DO NOT REQUIRE THEM TO CLEAR ANY APPOINTMENTS TO THE TRO WITH US, INCLUDING THAT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE HIMSELF, WE COULD SIMPLY SAY TO THEM THAT APPOINTMENTS TO LONDON ANY PURELY A MATTER FOR THEM AND THAT WE DO NOT WISH TO KNOW

SIMILARLY, IF THE SERVICE BACKGROUND OF PARTICULAR OFFICIALS. CHIEFS WANT TO GO AS PRIVATE PERSONS FOR TOURIST PURPOSES, HAVE OTHER SERVING OFFICERS IN THE PAST, AGAIN WE COULD PLEAD IGNORANCE. THESE TWO GESTURES WOULD PROBABLY KEEP THE TAIWANESE PLAYING LONG THE MUCH MORE COMPLICATE ISSUE OF JOINT WORK ON A TRAINER VERSION OF THE LOF.

HAPPY WHILST LEAVING US THE OPTION OF

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ARE THAT THE TAIWANESE 11. I STILL BELIEVE

FULLY COMMITTED AVRO AS IT WOULD BE A MAJOR EMBARASSMENT TO THEM TO SEE YE ANOTHER POTENTIAL JV IN THE AEROSPACE SECTOR FLOP, AND A S TO PRESIDENT LEE AFTER HAVING SO CLEARLY STATED HIS SUPPORT TELNO 93 OF 19 APRIL). MOREOVER, THE GOVERNMENT IS FULLY AWARE

TRACK (MY

TO THE

OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FORTHCOMING VIP BUSINESS MISSION UK AND WOULD NOT WANT THAT TO TAKE PLACE AGAINST WHAT WOULD BE A

THE PROBLEMS APPEAR, AT

MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT IN OUR RELATIONS. LEAST PARTIALLY, TO HAVE THEIR ORIGINS IN THE FAILURE OF A

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