CONFIDENTIAL
DEPOSIT OF MATERNAL FROM THAT CLOUD MIGHT MAKE THE WHOLE OF HONG
KONG UNINHABITABLE FOR POSSIBLY DECADES. ON THIS POINT MR. PATTERSON
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SAID IT WOULD CERTAINLY KILL PEOPLE EVENTUALLY. IT MIGHT NOT
KILL THEM IMMEDIATELY, AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE CASE IN THE SOVIET
ACCIDENT WHAT IS LAKELY TO HAPPEN IS MEDIUM TO LONG-TERM
EFFECTS ON A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE',
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5. THE MEDIA ALSO REPORTED THAT MR. PATTERSON WISHED TO PRESENT HIS
WIEWS TO THE UMELCO STANDING PANEL ON PUBLIC UTILITES AND THAT THE
HONG KONG FRIENDS OF THE EARTH HAD WRITTEN TO THE PANEL ON THIS
MATTER.
6. WT HIS NOTED THAT THE HONG KONG DALYV NEWS, APART FROM REPORTING ON MR. PATTERSON'S PRESS CONFERENCE, ALSO COMMENTED THAT THE POINTS
MADE BY MR. PATTERSON WERE PERTINENT AND SHOULD BE ATTACHED
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