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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2144
OF 07015OZ JULY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING,' PARIS
NUCLEAR SAFETY : CHANA
* AM ARRANGING TO FAX TO YOU SATURDAY'S SCMP EDITORIAL ENTITLED ''JOINT SAFETY GROUP IS THE ONLY ANSWER",
2. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THIS EDITORIAL STRESSES THAT DAYA BAY
IS A FANT ACCOMPL, AND THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH NT. CHINA MUST NOW SHOW THAT ITS INTENTIONS TO BUILD THE WORLD'S SAFEST NUCLEAR PLANT ARE GENUINE AND IT MUST SEEK HELP FROM HONG KONG PEOPLE HAN ACHIEVING THIS GOAL. TO THIS END, A SAFETY COMMITTEE, WITH HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES, SHOULD BE SET UP, AND HITS PROCEEDINGS SHOULD BE IN PUBLIC.
3.
#AM UNABLE TO FAX THE EDITORIAL TO PEKING AND PARIS BECAUSE
M: DO NOT HAVE THEIR FACSIMILE CODES. # HOPE MY SUMMARY **N PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE PROVIDES THEM WITH SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE EDIZORIAL HIS ABOUT. WILL PEKING AND PARIS ADVISE ME OF THEMR FACSIMILE CODES SO THAT RELEVANT INFORMATION CAN BE FAXED TO
THEM IN FUTURE?
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