MINIMUM AND MADE ACCEPTABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SET STANDARDS.
VARA. 6 OF PEKING'S TELNO. 1307 S RELEVANT.) AS RECORDED IN
OUR TELNO. 2433, THERE WERE BRIEF REPORTS ON GOURITE WIDHS'S MEETHING
AND THE CALL ON CHINESE VICE PREMIER L# PENG BY THE BRITISH AND
FRENCH AMBASSADORS, BUT SUCH REPORTS SEEMED TO HAVE ESCAPED THE
NOTICE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
8. A FEW PAPERS INCLUDING THE ORIENTAL DANLY NEWS AND SING PAO
REPORTED THAT ABOUT 40 MPS HAD SIGNED A HOUSE OF COMMONS MOTION, TABLED BY MR. ROBERT PARRY, CALLING UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR THE RESTING
OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. THE PAPERS ALSO NOTED THAT
THE FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTER WITH SPECIMAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG
KONG TOLD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS
DRAWING UP PLANS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG
*IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT. SEPARATELY, THE ARTICLE IN SUNDAY'S OBSERVER CONCERNING THE ALLEGED INTERNAL
WORRIES EXPRESSED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE HARWELL
CONSULTANCY WAS PICKED UP BY THE HONG KONG STANDARD IN ITS FRONT
PAGE LEAD STORY ON 28 JULY (ALREADY FAXED TO YOU). AS STATED
IN OUR TELNO. 2441, THUS LEAD STORY HAS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE CONS- TERNATION IN HONG KONG. WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING TO SEND A SMALL
TEAM TO THE UNITED KINGDOM TO HAVE FACE TO FACE DISCUSSIONS WITH
HARWELL CONSULTANTS ON THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN RESPECT OF BOTH
RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING. SEPARATELY, WE ARE
KSSUING A PRESS RELEASE TO CLARIFY THE POSITION OF HARWELL CONSUL-
TANCY.
9. WE ARE ARRANGING FOR A SUMMARY OF MEDHA REPORTS COVERING 17
AND 23 JULY TO BE FAXED TO YOU AND PARNS. THE DISTRICT OFFICER'
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORTS COVERING THE SAME PERIOD, WILL FOLLOW
BY BAG TO YOU, PEKING AND PARIKS.
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