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CONFIDENTIAL
OCMIAN 6043
CONFIDENTIAL
00 ΡΕΚΙΝ
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
261130Z JUN
GRS 585
CONFIDENTIAL
FM DTI
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
TELNO OTTER 136
261130Z JUNE 86
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING, PARIS, BTC HONG KONG
46043 1
PAPI
FOR GOVERNOR FROM BENJAMIN
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR SAFETY
BRIEFLY, BENJAMIN ATTENDED A MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF -- EDF, FRAMATOME AND THE DREE, WITH STONE FROM CLP/JVC.
2 THE MEETING AGREED TWO NETWORKS FOR LIAISON: ONE AT
POLITICAL LEVEL AND THE OTHER BETWEEN TECHNICAL EXPERTS, THE
FORMER TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO THE POLITICAL PRESENTATIONAL NEEDS, AND THE LATTER DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO ENSURE THAT THERE WERE NO NUANCES OF INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN
INFORMATION AND VIEWS PRESENTED BY DIFFERENT SPOKESMEN. 3 YOUR TELNO 1936 EFFECTIVELY SERVED AS THE AGENDA ON ISSUES WHERE WE NEED CO-OPERATION WITH THE FRENCH AND CHINESE
GOVERNMENTS. THE ESSENTIAL PROBLEM WAS RECOGNISED TO LIE IN
THE FACT THAT, WHILST IT WOULD BE RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD
TO PUT OVER A CONVINCING STORY ON THE INTEGRITY AND SAFETY
OF THE FRAMATOME PWR DESIGN AND THE SAFEGUARDS TO BE
FOLLOWED DURING MANUFACTURE, A CONVINCING ANSWER ON OPERATIONS
AFTER CONSTRUCTION AND THE INITIAL PERIOD OF SUPERVISION BY
EDF COULD ONLY COME FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, AND WOULD
REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE FAR MORE SPECIFIC AND CONVINCING
ANSWERS THAN CURRENTLY APPEARED TO BE THE CASE. THIS IN NO
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