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DD 300500Z MOSCO
00 HELSI
00 WARSA
FM FCOLN TO MOSCO
291815Z APP
GPS 1298
HAN 16611 нии
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1 MAY 1986
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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 300500Z MOSCOW
TELNO 308
OF 291815Z APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE STOCKHOLM, HELSINKI, COPENHAGEN, OSLO, BONN,
INFO IMMEDIATE WARSAW, WASHINGTON, UKMIS VIENNA
INFO POUTINE PARIS, THE HAGUE, BRUSSELS, UKREP BRUSSELS INFO SAVING LUXEMBOURG, DUBLIN, PRAGUE, EAST BERLIN, BUDAPEST
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT
YOUR TELECON WITH GORDON AND YOUR REPORTING TELS
1. PLEASE NOW CALL ON MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE ON 30 APRIL AND SPEAK AS FOLLOWS.
2.
PUBLIC OPINION, PARLIAMENT AND THE MEDIA IN THE UK APE DEEPLY CONCERNED AT REPORTS OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. THE GOVERNMENT UPGENTLY NEEDS TO HAVE THE FULLEST POSSIBLE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE LIKELY CONSEQUENCES FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, IT IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF BRITISH CITIZENS IN OP NEAR THE AFFECTED AREA. CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME 100 BRITISH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS RESIDENT IN MINSK AND KIEV. THERE ARE PROBABLY ALSO OTHER BRITISH NATIONALS VISITING ON A SHORTER-TERM BASIS. WE NEED FURTHER TO KNOW WHETHER THERE ARE ANY DANGERS FOR BRITISH CITIZENS ELSEWHERE IN THE SOVIET UNION, EG AS A RESULT OF CHANGING METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
3. WE HAVE NOW WISH TO PRY
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