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MIPT: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT
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TEXT OF SECRETARY OF STATE'S LETTER READS AS FOLLOWS:
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I WAS EXTREMELY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES ON THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL TERMS
UNDER WHICH GEC WILL SUPPLY THE CONVENTIONAL ISLAND FOR THE
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION PROJECT, FOLLOWING SIMILAR AGREEMENT RECENTLY WITH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND CONTRACTORS ON
THE NUCLEAR ISLAND. TO HAVE BROUGHT THIS VERY COMPLEX PROJECT
TO A STAGE WHERE FIRM CONTRACTS ARE NOW IN PROSPECT REPRESENTS
AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, AND ONE FOR WHICH YOUR OWN FORESIGHT AND DETERMINATION MUST CARRY FULL CREDIT. FOR ITS PART, THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS DELIGHTED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE
TO YOUR OWN EFFORTS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WE NOW LOOK FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND
OPERATION OF THE POWER STATION. THE ENERGY IT WILL PROVIDE WILL.
I HAVE NO DOUBT. PROVE A VITAL ELEMENT IN THE CONTINUED
PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT ADDITION TO THE
RESOURCES OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE. IN VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE WE
ATTACH TO THE STATION AS A SYMBOL OF THE CLOSE POLITICAL AND
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