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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 1973: NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA
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AS YOU RECOGNISE THE QUESTIONS WHICH YOU RAISE IN TUR HAVE VERY MAJOR IMPLICATIONS. THEY INVOLVE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THREE GOVERNMENTS APART FROM THE HKG (THE CHINESE, THE FRENCH AND OURSELVES), A NETWORK OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENTS (WITH SOME OF WHICH THE HKG IS ITSELF ASSOCIATED) AND SUCH WIDER ISSUES AS UK OPINION ON NUCLEAR MATTERS.
2.
WE SHALL ENSURE THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE FULLY ADDRESSED AT THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL MEETING WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, WILL BE HELD TOMORROW. IN PREPARATION FOR THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE DESKBY 270830Z ANY MATERIAL WHICH YOU FEEL YOU CAN ADD ON THE
FOLLOWING ASPECTS:
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THE CURRENT STATE AND EVOLUTION OF OPINION IN HONG KONG
(INCLUDING IF POSSIBLE THE REACTION TO TODAY'S GOVERNMENT
STATEMENT, THE OUTCOME OF THE MEETING OF UMELCO MEMBERS AND OF THEIR MEETING WITH DAYA BAY ENGINEERS):
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ISSUES WHICH YOU RAISE FOR CLP,
GIVEN ITS POSITION AS SUPPLIER OF A PUBLIC UTILITY IN HONG KONG, THE SCALE OF ITS FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE DAYA PROJECT AND ITS CLOSE ASSOCIATION
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