Wikileaks: OLYMPIA COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT. Project που αφορά τον ΟΤΕ για το οποίο ενδιαφερόταν ο ίδιος ο Κίσινγκερ. Άρνηση Παπαδόπουλου

ΑΝΑΝΕΩΜΕΝΟ:

Είναι κάποιο project που αφορά τον ΟΤΕ για το οποίο ενδιαφέρεται ο ίδιος ο Κίσινγκερ (!). Το πιο ενδιαφέρον, ο Παπαδόπουλος φαίνεται από τα τηλεγραφήματα να προσπαθεί να αποφύγει αυτή την “συνεργασία”. Η συζήτηση μάλιστα γίνεται εντονότερη λίγες εβδομάδες πριν από τα γεγονότα του Πολυτεχνείου.

Προκαλούν μεγάλη απορία. Είναι δεκάδες, είναι όλα “τραβηγμένα” κοινώς μη κοινοποιημένα και αφορούν κάποιο project που γινόταν μόνο στην Ελλάδα το 1973.

Έχει να κάνει σίγουρα με κάποιο σύστημα “πληροφοριών” τεχνολογικά προηγμένο με μία αναγωγή στο μόνο σπασμένο τηλεγράφημα που αναφέρεται στο συγκεκριμένο project και φανερώνει συνομιλία με τον Βρετανικό παράγοντα για κάποια τεχνολογικά θέματα που έπρεπε να ξεπεραστούν.

Το project αφορά τον ΟΤΕ (τι περίεργο…) και ασχολείται ο ίδιος ο Κίσινγκερ (!!) γεγονός ενδεικτικό της σημασίας του.

1. COLLINS RADIO TODAY PRESENTED FOLLOWING LETTER TO UNDER SECRETARY CASEY:” DEAR SECRETARY CASEY: CONTRARY TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN (U. S. EMBASSY DISPATCH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SEPTEMBER 24), COLLINS RADIO COM- PANY SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING: (L) THE POSITION OF THE COLLINS RADIO COMPANY IS THAT THE NOTICE OF AWARD TO MARCONI WAS A POLITICAL DECISION AND NOT MADE ON THE BASIS OF TECHNICAL MERIT, DELIVERY OR COST, NOR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF. THE COMMENT ATTRIBUTED TO OUR DEALER IN ATHENS THAT IT WOULD BE POINTLESS TO PURSUE THIS FURTHER IS NOT THE OPINION OF THE COLLINS RADIO COM- PANY. (2) IN THE SHORT RESPONSE TIME ALLOWED BY OTE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IRRESPONSIBLE FOR COLLINS TO ACCEPT UN- EQUIVOCALLY TOTAL SYSTEM RESPONSIBILITY RELATIVE TO A PARTIAL AWARD WITHOUT SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT MARCONI OFFERED. IN FACT, THE ONLY PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE WE HAD WAS THAT MARCONI OFFERED A 24-MONTH DELIVERY SCHEDULE WHILE COLLINS OFFERED AN L8-MONTH SCHEDULE. HOWEVER, SHORTLY LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 STATE 194984 AFTER OUR FORMAL RESPONSE DATED AUGUST 30, OUR DEALER WAS AUTHORIZED TO INFORM OTE THAT COLLINS WAS WILLING TO ESTABLISH WITH OTE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE PROJECT. AFTER 2L MONTHS OF PROPOSAL EFFORT WITH OTE IN COLLINS BEHALF, IT IS ILLOGICAL TO EXPECT THAT ALL THE DIFFICULTY ARISING FROM A SPLIT AWARD COULD BE RESOLVED WITHIN TWO DAYS WITHOUT ANY CON- SULTATION WITH COLLINS TO ADDRESS THE MANY SENSITIVE ISSUES. NOTE: WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE OTHER CONTRACTOR’S OFFER, THERE WAS NO KNOWN METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING TECH- NICAL AND SCHEDULE COMPATIBILITY TO INTEGRATE THE OVERALL SYSTEM. – (3.) IT IS COLLINS OPINION THAT THE ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF A PARTIAL AWARD HAD LITTLE OR NO BEARING ON THE FINAL OUTCOME. (4) IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARCONI HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED AND THAT CERTAIN OF THE GREEK GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH THIS PROJECT MAY HAVE NOW LEFT OFFICE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A COMBINA- TION OF CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST AT THIS TIME WHICH COULD SUB- STANTIALLY IMPROVE OUR POSITION. THEREFORE, WE REQUEST THAT AN INQUIRY BE MADE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ALL AVENUES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED AND FURTHER, TO CONSIDER FILING A PROTEST ON A GOVERNMENT-GOVERNMENT BASIS REGARDING THE CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE NOTICE OF AWARD TO MARCONI. VERY TRULY YOURS, J. H. LASLEY, DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION, COLLINS RADIO CO.” 2. WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWS AS TO FURTHER STEPS YOU MIGHT TAKE ON BEHALF COLLINS. KISSINGER
Και ακολουθεί η άρνηση του Παπαδόπουλου:
1. ON RECEIPT INFORMATION PROVIDED REF A , COLLINS REPRE- SENTATIVE REQUESTED WE INFORM EMBASSY THAT COLLINS APPRECIA- TES EMBASSY POSITION AND WILL ABIDE BY EMBASSY DECISION NOT TO MAKE FURTHER APPROACH TO GOG AT THIS TIME. COLLINS WOULD APPRECIATE EMBASSY VIEWS REGARDING EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME FOR CALL BY SENIOR COLLINS OFFICIAL ON COMPETENT GREEK OFFICIAL PER PARA TWO, REFTEL. WHILE COLLINS BELIEVES REVERSAL OF CONTRACT DECISION MOST UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME, THEY WISH KEEP THEIR PROPOSAL ACTIVELY BEFORE GOG FOR SOME TIME, IN CASE GOG SHOULD BECOME DISENCHANTED WITH MARCONI PERFORMANCE. 2. FYI: EXPLANATION GIVEN COLLINS BY THEIR ATHENS DEALER FOR GOG AWARD TO MARCONI WAS THAT HIGH GOG OFFICIALS SO INCENSED BY U.S- ATTITUDE, AS EVIDENCED BY AMBASSADOR TASCAS PRE-PLEBISCITE “ULTIMATUM” TO PAPADOPOULOS AND HANDLING OF CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE (REF B) THAT GOG SIMPLY UNWILLING AWARD CONTRACTS TO ANY U. S. FIRM AT THIS TIME. WE DIS- CUSSED WITH COLLINS REPRESENTATIVE THE RECENT ATHENS PRESS REPORTS ABOUT CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE AND AMBASSADOR’S TALK CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 STATE 197529 WITH PAPADOPOULOS, AND POINTED OUT THAT THIS EXPLANATION, WHILE IT RELIEVED ATHENS DEALER OF RESPONSIBILITY, SEEMED EVEN LESS PERSUASIVE THAN OTHER REASONS PREVIOUSLY AD- VANCED FOR GOG DECISION. RUSH CONFIDENTIAL
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