G.F. 174

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NOTE

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CONFIDENTIAL

Usual Courtesies7

and has the honour to state that there would be

no objections to the visit of the German nuclear

ship "OTTO HAHN" on the following conditions :

(a

The operational orders contained in the attached document, together with the arrangements laid down in the Hong Kong NUSAFE orders, will be followed in all particulars.

(b) the terms of the exchange of Notes

between H B M Embassy, Bonn and the

Federal German Foreign Ministry in

October 1976 would apply to the visit

of the "OTTO HAHN" to Hong Kong, in

case of any claims arising from the

visit;

(c)

G KSS would guarantee to repay the

Hong Kong Government for any expenses

which might be incurred if, in the event

of an accident, it were necessary for

a monitoring team to fly out to Hong

Kong from the U K; and

CONFIDENTIAL

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