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Action Taken
1.
YOU WILL WISH TO BE AWARE OF AN ENQUIRY MADE BY 'THE
OBSERVER' TO THE UKAEA PRESS OFFICE TODAY.
2. UKAEA HEADQUARTERS HAVE ADVISED US THAT THE OBSERVER HAVE TOLD THEIR PRESS OFFICE THAT THEY HAVE OBTAINED A LEAKED COPY OF HARWELL'S REPORT TO YOU OF JANUARY 1986 ENTITLED 'PHASE I OF THE ACCIDENT ASSESSMENT' REF NO AERE G3786. THE OBSERVER HAS ASKED UKAEA WHETHER HKG ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE REPORT.
3.
UKAEA INTEND TO RESPOND TO THE OBSERVER TO THE EFFECT THAT THE REPORT IN QUESTION IS PART OF A COMMERCIAL CONTRACT BETWEEN HKG AND HARWELL, AND THAT IT WOULD THEREFORE FALL TO HKG, AS THE
WE CUSTOMER, TO SAY WHETHER THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH IT OR NOT. SHALL TAKE A SIMILAR LINE IN RESPONSE TO ANY PRESS ENQUIRIES TO
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
4. UKAEA HQ DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT IN QUESTION (NOR
THEY HAVE HOWEVER NOW ASKED HARWELL TO SEND
OF COURSE DO WE).
THEM ONE ASAP.
HOWE
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