(M) SENDING EXPERTS TO HONG KONG TO EXPLAN NUCLEAR MATTERS
THUS SOUNDS A GOOD DEA IN PRINCIPLE BUT IT AS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW HIT WOULD WORK OUT IN PRACTICE. FOR EXAMPLE MN WHAT FORUM WOULD THE EXPLAINING TAKE PLACE? WE SUGGEST PEKING ASKS WHAT HIT HIS (N PRACTICAL TERMS) THAT THE CHINESE HAVE IN MIND. PERHAPS MIT IS NO MORE THAN THE PROPOSED NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION OF CHINA EXHIBITION (OUR TELNO 2526). WE HAVE HINDICATED WE HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THIS
HNWITHA THIVE.
(OST) HON VASTING ''*NFLUENTIAL'' PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TO PEKING
THIS IS MUCH EASIER TO SEE HAPPENING THAN (H), MT MIS A GOOD DEA BUT TIMING IS 4MPORTANT. MIT SHOULD STEER WELL CLEAR OF THE PERMOD IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND FOR SOME TIME AFTER SIGNING (AND THIS POINT NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED TO THE CHINESE). THUS THE #INVITATIONS BE ISSUED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR A VISIT IN THE FIRST HALF OF SETPEMBER OR EVEN EARLIER. WE AGREE THAT HIT SHOULD INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE UMELCO PANEL BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT IN THAT CAPACITY. INCIDENTALLY WHEN MO KWAN MIN (MAO JUNNAN) SAW YAXLEY ON 29 JULY (OUR TELNO 2526) HE INDICATED THAT CONSIDERATION WAS ALREADY BEING GIVEN TO THE SELECTION OF INVITEES,
6. WE AGREE THE LINE HN PARAGRAPH 16. #INCIDENTALLY MIT WOULD ALSO BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE FOR CHINA AND HONG KONG TO BE JOHINING TOGETHER TO PUSH THE PROJECT THROUGH REGARDLESS OF THE FEELINGS OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE' AND THIS IS WHY WE DO NOT WISH TO BE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED EXHMB#TON (TELNO 2526).
AKERS-JONES
YYYY
HMLNAN 0105
GUANGDONG
LIMITED
HKD
PED
NED
TRED
PUSD(MR CROWLEY)
WED
[COPIES SENT TO NO 10 DOWNING STREET]
PB PS/MR REN TON PS/PUB
SIR W HARDING
MR DAUNT
MR WILSON MR SLATER
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR
COPIES TO.
Confidential
το
DISA HARRISON
(NII THAMES HOUSE SOUTH,
SOUTH)