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7 AUG 1985
Confidential
GRS 550
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2564
OF 080735Z AUGUST 86
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKMING
INFO PRIORITY PARKS
398
407
a
OR COPY DIST?
YOUR TELNO 1679 NUCLEAR SAFETY : CHINA.
AT OUR REQUEST MO KWAN-MIN CALLED ON YAXLEY YESTERDAY MORNING.
THE LATTER SPOKE ALONG THE LINES OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF OUR TELNO 2526
TAKING CARE NOT TO BE TOO MUCH OF A WET BLANKET. HE THEN ASKED MO
HOW THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EXHIBITION WERE COMING ON. THE
FOLLOWING EMERGED.
TIMING.
2. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THE EXHIBITION SHOULD BE HELD FROM 7:
OR 8 SEPTEMBER FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. WE ENQUIRED WHETHER THIS PERS
WOULD COVER THE CONTRACT SIGNING DATES (MO APPRECIATED WHY WE HAD
ASKED) AND WERE TOLD THAT CONTRACT SIGNING WAS TO BE DEFERRED UNTIL
6 OR 7 OCTOBER BUT NO LATER THAN 7 OCTOBER. WE SUSPECT HE MAY BE
CONFUSING CONTRACT SIGNING WITH AUTHORISATION TO PROCEED.
SPONSORSHIP.
3. MO SAID THAT THE (HONG KONG) ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (AAST) WOULD CO-SPONSOR THE
EXHIBITION AND THE HONG KONG HNSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS (HKIE) WOULD
ASSIST WITH THE SUPPLY OF SUITABLE SPEAKERS FOR A LECTURE OP LECTURES
ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND SAFETY WHICH WILL BE ARRANGED IN PARALLEL
WITH THE EXHIBITION. WE HAVE HEARD SEPARATELY THAT HKHE DECLINED TO
SPONSOR THE EXHIBITION BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WISH TO BE ASSOCIATED
WITH WHAT THEY SEE AS A CHINESE PROPAGANDA EFFORT.
FUNDING.
4. NCNA AND THE SPONSORS WILL SOLICIT DONATIONS FROM PROMINENT
PERSONS *N HONG KONG TO FINANCE THE COST OF THE EXHIBITION. WE WERE ASKED TO SUGGEST NAMES OF PROMINENT PERSONS WHO MIGHT BE APPROACHED
AND FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN RESPECT OF THE HIRING OF A SUITABLE
VENUE. WE DECLINED ON BOTH COUNTS.
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