GRS 200
CONFIDENT PAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2383
OF 22110OZ JULY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING-
1511:
HICIC (66/1
RECEIVED IN
22 JUL 1986
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YOUR TELNO 1511 : DAYA BAY : SAFETY
NCNA (JH SHAOXING) CALLED ON DPA AT HOME AFTER CLOSE OF PLAY ON 21 JULY TO DELIVER AN ''URGENT MESSAGE'' THE MAN SUBSTANCE OF THE
CALL WAS TO REFER TO HMA PEKING'S MEETING WITH LIN PENG
AND REPEAT WHAT HAD BEEN SAND. J REHEARSED THE FOUR POINTS IN
PARAGRAPH'S 3 AND 4 OF PEKING TELNO 1244.
2. ON THE THIRD OF THESE POINTS HE SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN REPORTED
*IN HONG KONG THAT L KA-SHING HAD GATHERED FROM CALLS ON DENG XIAOPYING AND ZHAO ZHYANG THAT CHINA MIGHT RECONSIDER TS ATTI-ZUDE TOWARDS THE PROJECT. THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE. NEITHER DENG
NOR ZHAO HAD TOUCHED ON THE SUBJECT WITH L# KA-SHING. THEY HAD
ONLY TALKED ABOUT COAL FRED POWER STATIONS.
3. ON THE FOURTH POINT JE APPEARED TO ADD SLIGHTLY TO WHAT LIP PENG
HAD SAID BY SAYING THAT LI BELIEVED IT TO BE IMPORTANT THAT
''SAFETY DATA'' ON DAYA BAY SHOULD BE PUBLICIZED SO AS TO MEET
PEOPLE'S CONCERNS. HE THEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT ALL THREE GOVERNMENTS (CHINA, BRITAIN AND FRANCE) SHOULD MAKE THEIR POSITIONS CLEAR. THEY SHOULD ASLO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PROXIMITY OF NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS TO CIKTIES ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD (EXAMPLES AS N
PARAGRAPH 5 OF PEKING TELNO 1244).- 268
4. PERICE THANKED JE FOR THIS MESSAGE. PONINTING OUT THAT HE WAS
SPEAKING WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS HE SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO ASPECTS OF CONCERN OVER THE SAFETY OF DAYA BAY. ON THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
ET WAS PRIMARILY FOR THE FRENCH TO SATISFY PUBLIC WORRIES. BUT THE OTHER ASPECT WAS THE MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING ARRANGEMENTS AFTER THE COMMISSIONING OF THE PLANT. THIS WAS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE ANTI-NUCLEAR LOBBY IN HONG KONG AND WAS PRIMARILY FOR THE CHINESE TO DEAL WITH. JE TOOK NOTE.
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