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AND FOOD SUBSTANCES BEEN RESTRICTED?
6.
IT IS IMPORTANT ALSO TO KNOW:
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HOW MANY DEATHS SO FAR
(A) ON SITE
(B) OFF SITE.
NUMBERS OF CASUALTIES BOTH ON SITE AND OFF SITE
(A) REQUIRING HOSPITALISATION
(B) EXPERIENCING LESS SERIOUS
CLINICAL SYMPTONS.
PREDICTED EXPOSURES OF RESIDENTS IN MINSK AND
KIEV TO DATE AND IN THE FUTURE. (WE NEED TO
KNOW THIS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER
BRITISH CITIZENS IN EITHER CITY WILL NEED
SPECIAL MEDICAL TREATMENT EITHER IMMEDIATELY
OR SUBSEQUENTLY ON RETURN TO UK).
WHAT MEDICAL PRECAUTIONS ARE BEING ADVISED.
ARE WE RIGHT TO ASSUME THAT MEDICAL TREATMENT
OR ADVICE ON OFFER WILL BE EXTENDED TO
FOREIGNERS INCLUDING UK CITIZENS?
7.
YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM
STOCKHOLM AND BONN THAT THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES HAVE INFORMED
THE SWEDES AND GERMANS THAT ONE OF THE CHERNOBYL GRAPHITE-
MODERATED REACTORS IS (OR WAS) ON FIRE, AND ASKED FOR ADVICE
IN DEALING WITH IT. BOTH THE SWEDES AND GERMANS HAVE SUGGESTED
THAT THE UK IS WELL PLACED TO ADVISE ON CONTROL OF GRAPHITE
FIRES. WE DOUBT THAT THERE IS A CLOSE PARALLEL WITH THE 1957
WINDSCALE FIRE (AS SOME WESTERN GOVERNMENTS APPARENTLY BELIEVE).
NEVERTHELESS, YOU SHOULD INFORM HE SOVIET AUTHORITIES THAT IF
THEY STILL REQUIRE ADVICE, UK EXPERTS ARE READY TO PROVIDE THIS.
IN SUCH AN EVENTUALITY DETAILED ADVANCE INFORMATION WOULD BE
ESSENTIAL.
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