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1.
BUT
PARA 1 OF TUR: COPY OF DEN REPORT OF MORPHET'S DISCUSSION
ON 10 JUNE WITH CHINESE GOVERNOR OF IAEA FOLLOWS BY NEXT BAG.
2.
WE CERTAINLY TAKE YOUR POINT ABOUT THE LIMITED VALUE OF
OUR TRYING TO PUT PRESSURE UPON THE CHINESE MISSION TO IAEA.
BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS QUESTION IN HONG KONG WE NEED
TO USE EVERY CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO US TO URGE ON THE CHINESE THE
NEED FOR THEM TO TAKE FULL ACCOUNT OF OUR CONCERNS ABOUT NUCLEAR
SAFETY AT DAYA BAY. IT SEEMS TO US THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNOR OF
IAEA, WHO CONSIDERS WITH HIS COLLEAGUES INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
QUESTIONS, MUST BE MORE SENSITIVE TO, FOR EXAMPLE, INTERNATIONAL
CONCERN GENERALLY OVER NUCLEAR POWER POST-CHERNOBYL, THAN
DECISION-TAKERS IN PEKING. HE MIGHT, THEREFORE, BE ONE USEFUL
CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH OUR AND HONG KONG PEOPLE'S SPECIFIC CONCERNS
ABOUT DAYA BAY MIGHT BE CONVEYED TO PEKING. WE AND D EN (AE
DIVISION), WITH WHOM WE ARE IN CLOSE TOUCH, WOULD OF COURSE
CONSULT YOU ABOUT THE MODALITIES.
3.
WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING WITH DEN WHETHER MORPHET MIGHT
USE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE SEPTEMBER BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING
TO BRIEF HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART MORE FULLY ON OUR CONCERNS. WE
WILL REVERT ON THIS IDEA IN DUE COURSE.
HOWE.
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