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MARTION LEE CALLED TO SEE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY YESTERDAY. N THE COURSE OF A RATHER RAMBLING CONVERSATION, LEE MADE TWO POINTS. FIRST, HE ALLEGED THAT FROM CONVERSATIONS HE HAS HAD WITH VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIED GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES IT APPEARED THAT THE US AUTHORITIES WERE THINKING'' OF EXTENDING THE EXCLUSION ZONES AROUND FUTURE NUCLEAR STATIONS FROM 10 MMLES TO 30 MILES. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THAT AFTER CHERNOBYL (HT WAS FELT THAT PREVIOUS EXCLUSION ZONES WERE TOO LITTLE.
2. THE SECOND POINT MADE BY LEE WAS THAT HE HKG WAS NOT CONVINCED BY ONE MILLION SIGNATURES, THEN WHAT WOULD BE HTS REACTION TO THE SIGHT OF ONE MILLION PEOPLE ***NEELING IN STATUE SQUARE OR VICTOR RA PARK**.
LEE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WAS THINKING OF ORGANESHING A CAMPAIGN OF THIS NATURE.
3. ON THE FIRST POINT, THE EXCLUSION ZONE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD CONFIRM THROUGH THE US EMBASSY WHETHER THERE ARE
INDEED ANY PLANS TO REWISE THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THIS CONNECTION AS A RESULT OF CHERNOBYL. OBVIOUSLY, IF THE US WERE TO COME OUT PUBLICLY WITH 30-MILE EXCLUSION ZONES,' THINS WOULD CAUSE DIFFICULTIES HN HONG KONG RRESPECTIVE OF THE FRENCH POSHIT NON.
WWTH REGARD TO LEE'S FURTHER CAMPAIGNS, WE WILL HAVE TO AWART DEVELOPMENTS. MIFT REPORTS ON THE POSITION IN RELATION TO LEE'S MOVES UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) ORDINANCE.
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