GRS 200
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2008
OF 27O83OZ JUNE 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKIING, PARKS
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PEKING'S TELNO 1099 : NUCLEAR SAFETY
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JOO DOL
27 JUN 1986
• CHINA
WE READILY AGREE PEKING'S ADDITIONAL NUANCE TO THE STRATEGY AS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF TUR AND HOPE THAT YOU, PEKING AND PARIS WILL BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT YOU CAN TO EXERT THIS CONSTANT
PRESSURE DIRECTLY AND THROUGH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT AND THE GNPJVC.
2. AS REGARDS HKMIC, STONES HAS TO DATE SHOWN RATHER MORE INTEREST **N FURTHERING THE PROJECT THAN #F EFFORTS TO COUNTER PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO HIT IN HONG KONG. CLP HAS KEPT A VERY LOW PROFILE
WIN RECENT MONTHS AND HWN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN RELUCTANT TO DEAL WITH PRESS ENQUIRIES. IN SUM WE DO NOT THINK THAT ON PAST FORM STONES
S THE RIGHT MAN TO PUSH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND GNPJVC TO TAKE MEASURES TO ALLAY THE FEARS OF THE HONG KONG PUBLIC, ALTHOUGH THERE
ARE HINDICATIONS THAT SOME CLP DIRECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO APPRECIATE
THAT THEY SHOULD ASSUME A MORE PUBLIC POSTURE. HOWEVER, STONES HAS
BEEN AWAY FOR FOUR WEEKS DURING WHICH OPPOSITION TO THE DAYA BAY
PROJECT HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY. WHEN HE RETURNS NEXT WEEK AND HAS
BEEN BRIEFED BY HIS STAFF AND FELLOW DIRECTORS, HE MAY WELL APPREC-
MATE THAT CLP/HKNKC MUST DO A LOT MORE ON THE PUBLIC RELATIONS
FRONT BOTH HERE AND IN CHINA.
YOUDE
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