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TELEGRAM NUMBER BTC 122 OF 28 AUGUST
INFO SAVING WASHINGTON PEKING (ACTIONED)
MY BTC 119 AND YOUR REPLIES INDUS 245 AND 246
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2 AUG 1990
STONES TELLS ME THAT DURING MONDAY'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IN GUANGZHOU, HE COULD ONLY WITH DIFFICULTY RESTRAIN MARSHALL FROM PUSHING THE WESTINGHOUSE CASE ALONG THE
LINES OF HIS DENVER REPORT. MARSHALL WAS PARTICULARLY ANXIOUS TO FOLLOW UP THE REQUEST BY JARVIS COTTON (PARA 3 OF BTC 119) FOR A KNOWLEDGABLE ENGLISHMAN TO BE PRESENT DURING
CHINESE/US EXCHANGES ON PROLIFERATION. MARSHALL REGARDS HIMSELF AS THE BEST CANDIDATE.
2. STONES THEREFORE ASKED HIS OPPOSITE NUMBER, CHEN GANG, OFF THE RECORD WHETHER MARSHALL WOULD BE A SUITABLE CANDIDATE TO ACCOMPANY THE CHINESE DELEGATION ON BEHALF OF CLP. CHEN GANG SAID FIRMLY THAT WHILE STONES WOULD BE WELCOME TO BRING MARSHALL WITH HIM, MARSHALL WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE ON HIS CWN. AS YOU KNOW, WHILE WILLING TO ACCOMPANY THE CHINESE ON VISITS TO US NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS, STONES WISHES TO STEER CLEAR OF ANY CHINESE DISCUSSIONS WITH US OFFICIALS ABOUT PROLIFERATION.
3. GANG VOLUNTEERED THAT THE EXCHANGES WITH THE AMERICANS WHICH ARE NOT NOW LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE NOVEMBER COULD BE COMPLICATED BY MR REAGAN'S RECENT REMARKS ABOUT TAIWAN WHICH COULD AFFECT WESTINGHOUSE'S ACCEPTABILITY. WHEN STONES REPORTED THIS TO MARSHALL, MARSHALL SUGGESTED THAT BECAUSE THE AMERICAN CONNECTION APPEARED LIKELY TO RUN INTO DIFFICULTY, HE WOULD NEED TO VISIT FRAMATOME IN ORDER TO PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE WITH THE FRENCH. STONES, MINDFUL OF THE INSTRUCTION IN YOUR INDUS 246, SAID THAT ANY APPROACH BY MARSHALL TO FRAMATOME WOULD HAVE TO BE IN A PRIVATE CAPACITY AND NOT ON BEHALF OF CLP/KEC. FURTHERMORE STONES SAID HE THOUGHT THAT THE DOI WOULD WISH TO BE CONSULTED IN ADVANCE.
4. I SUGGEST THAT YOU WILL NEED TO TIGHTEN FURTHER MARSHALL'S REINS IN RESPECT OF THE COMMERCIAL ISSUES. AT PRESENT HE IS CONTINUING HIS HOLIDAY HERE WITH HIS FAMILY AND PLANS
TO LEAVE FOR THE UK ON SEPTEMBER 1.
5. FCO PLEASE ADVANCE TO DOI, DOT AND D/EN. FCO PASS SAVING TO WASHINGTON MARCH
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