B757-200 CREW REDUCED ATC CLRED SPD ON APCH BECAUSE C3 WX EXISTED WHICH REQUIRED AN AUTOLAND. THE CREW DID NOT GET ATC CLRNC FOR THE SPD REDUCTION.

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WHILE ON APCH DOING A CAT III APCH; ATC ASKED TO MAINTAIN 160 KTS TO THE MARKER. I SLOWED 2 MI PRIOR TO 128 KTS; THE APCH SPD SO AS TO ARRIVE ON SPD AT THE MARKER. ACR Y BEHIND COULD ONLY SLOW TO 148 KTS. I WAS IN THE SLOT AT THE MARKER 5 MI OUT. I FELT THAT THIS WAS A SAFE OP DOING A CAT III APCH. INSTRUCTED TO CALL ATC AND HE SAID I DEVIATED FROM A CLRNC. SLOWING TO BE AT APCH SPD IS NOT A VIOLATION. ACR Y WENT AROUND BECAUSE HE WAS FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE. WHEN I CALLED ATC AS REQUESTED AND SPOKE WITH SOMEONE THERE; HE ASKED; 'DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU WERE ASKED TO CALL?' AND I SAID 'NO.' HE THEN STARTED BY SAYING THAT I HAD VIOLATED ATC DIRECTIVE BY SLOWING BELOW 160 KTS AT THE MARKER AND TELLING ME HOW I COST ACR Y $4000 TO GO AROUND; AND IF HIS GUYS GOT CHARGED WITH THE VIOLATION; THAT THEY WOULD SPEND SOME TIME ON THE BEACH. WITH THIS KIND OF ATTITUDE; I DID NOT WANT TO CONVERSE WITH HIM. IF HE HAD TALKED TO ME IN A CIVIL TONE; I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN HAPPY TO COOPERATE WITH HIM. FOR THE CONDITIONS AT THE ARPT AT THAT TIME AND HAVING TO DO A CAT III APCH; I SLOWED TO APCH SPD ABOUT 2 MI FROM THE MARKER AND IN LNDG CONFIGN. THE ACFT WAS LIGHT; THUS A SLOWER APCH SPD. IN MY OPINION; THE CTLR HAD THE ACFT TOO CLOSE TOGETHER FOR THE CONDITIONS. THEY WERE RUNNING AS IF IT WERE VFR. I OPERATED THE ACFT IN A SAFE MANNER AND TO GET MY PAX TO THEIR DEST IN A SAFE MANNER.