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WE HAVE NOW COPIED TO YOU OUR UNNUMBERED TELEGRAM OF 0907502 TO AERE HARWELL CONTAINING OUR PROPOSAL TO THEM THAT THE SITUATION HERE MORE THAN JUSTIFIES A VISIT TO HONG KONG FOR ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OUR CONSULTANCY WITH THEM.
2. N OUR RECENT CORRESPONDENCE WITH HARWELL WE HAVE STRESSED THAT DEVELOPMENTS HERE POST CHERNOBYL ARE SUCH THAT WE SHALL ONLY GET FULL VALUE FROM THE CONSULTANCY OF THOSE CONCERNED WITH IT ARE ABLE TO GET A FIRST HAND FEEL FOR THE PREVAILING MOOD. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN RESPECT OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION STRATEGY WHICH IS A MAJOR ELEMENT WITHIN THE CONSULTANCY, A VISIT HERE (AND INCIDENTALLY TO DAYA BAY) WOULD ALSO GIVE THEM A MUCH BETTER FEEL FOR ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CONSULTANCY EN PARTICULAR RISK
ASSESSMENT AND CONTINGENCY PLANMING.
3. WE SUSPECT THAT HARWELL NEEDS A NUDGE. IT WOULD THEREFORE BE MOST HELPFUL IF YOU COULD NOW BACK UP OUR PROPOSALS TO THEM THAT THEY SHOULD VISIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU WILL NEED TO GO IN AT A RATHER HIGHER LEVEL THAN OUR CONTACT (DR. BRIAN WADE). AS AMMUNITION YOU COULD DRAW, INTER ALPA, ON OUR TELNO 1716. FROM HARWELL WOULD BE HELPFUL NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF THE CONSULTANCY BUT ALSO TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC AND UMELCO THAT DESPITE OUR DIFFICULT POSITION WE ARE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN.
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