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2.
A PROGRAMME ALONG THESE LINES SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE
OBJECTIVES FOR YAXLEY'S VISIT SET OUT IN YOUR TURS. PLEASE LET
US KNOW IF YOU FEEL THERE ARE FURTHER ORGANISATIONS HE SHOULD
CALL UPON.
3.
THE OFFICER IN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ARRANGING THE
PROGRAMME (MR CANNON) WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPANY YAXLEY ON AS MANY
OF THE CALLS OUTSIDE FCO AS POSSIBLE. WE THINK THAT THIS WOULD
BE HELPFUL, BUT HAVE ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM IN THAT DEN HAS, IN COMMON WITH FCO AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, VERY LIMITED FUNDS FOR SUCH TRAVEL AS THIS. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE ON THIS OCCASION FOR
HONG KONG TO MEET ANY OF CANNON'S ESSENTIAL TRAVEL EXPENSES AND
SUBSISTENCE?
4.
WE, DTI AND DEN BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL FOR
YAXLEY TO VISIT FRANCE SO THAT EDF COULD SHOW HIM FRENCH POWER
STATIONS AND GO OVER SAFETY PROCEDURES AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING
WITH HIM. EDF COULD SHOW HIM A NUCLEAR POWER STATION 8 MILES
FROM ANTWERP AND THE ASSOCIATED PLANNING FOR ACCIDENTS NEAR A
MAJOR CONURBATION. WE HAVE NOT YET RAISED THIS WITH EDF, BUT
BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO MOUNT A PROGRAMME ALONG THESE
LINES. HOWEVER, SUCH A VISIT COULD NOT/NOT BE FITTED INTO THE
WEEK 16-18 JULY, AND SO WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PLACE ON 21 JULY.
HOPE THAT YAXLEY COULD MANAGE THIS, DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES
MENTIONED IN YOUR TELNO 1901.
WE
5.
YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ROSEMARY LANGFORD (SCMP) ASKED
NEWS DEPARTMENT WHETHER YAXLEY'S VISIT WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE
CONCERN IN HONG KONG ABOUT DAYA BAY. WE REPONDED ALONG THE LINES
OF PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO 1972.
ENDS.
HOWE
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