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YOUR TELNO 73 TO BUDAPEST:
1.
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER: EC FOOD BAN
ACTION TAKEN 19 MAY BE HEAD OF CHANCERY WITH USPENSKY,
DEPUTY HEAD OF SECOND EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT.
HEMANS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND USPENSKY THAT WE STILL HAD NOT RECEIVED REPLIES TO THE DETAILED QUESTIONS WE HAD SUBMITTED EARLIER ON 30 APRIL AND 12 MAY. USPENSKY
ATTEMPTED TO SAY THAT HIS EARLIER PROMISE OF A DEFINITE REPLY (MY TELNO 570) HAD BEEN MET BY THE BRIEFING GIVEN BY SHCHERBINA ON 13 MAY (MY TELNO 575).
3.
HEMANS POINTED OUT THAT FULL FACTUAL INFORMATION WOULD BE NECESSARY TO THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE FOOD IMPORT BAN. THE NEXT EXPERTS' MEETING WOULD TAKE PLACE IN TWO DAYS' TIME. T WAS THEREFORE IN THE SOVIET INTEREST TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED URGENTLY.
4. USPENSKY TOOK THE POINT AND SAND THAT HE WOULD
HMMEDIATELY COME BACK ON OUR LATEST REQUEST AND WOULD STRESS
THE URGENCY AND THE REASON FOR IT.
CARTLEDGE
FRAME GENERAL
ECD (E)
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MR DAUNT
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MR RICKSON
MR DONNELLY
CABIN
ABINET OFFICE
MR B PONSFORD DOE, ROMNEY HOUSE
MR F FEATES
MR D MORPHET MR B HAMPTON
MR M HARRIS MR RUBERY
MR E RIDER
ME S HARBISON
D/ENERGY, AE DIVISION.
3D/ENERG
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DHSS, HEALTH SERVICES DIV., HANNIBAL HOUSE.
HSE NII, THAMES HSE.STH.
MR S SEYMOUR, OT3/5C,DTI (VICTORIA ST,)
MR G MEEKINGS
MR R HATHAWAY
MR D LEVEY. MR N BURTON
BUXTON
MR J DUNSTER DR E LAWRENCE MISS M LEWIS
UKAEA
MAFF
BRITISH COUNCIL
NRPB, CHILTON,DIDCOT. D1 52, MOD
DELI/MOD
D.NUC.POL.SY /MOD
MR STEVENS AE DIVISION, D/ENERGY
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