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60083
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM WILSON
YOUR TELNO 2799: EXCO VISIT TO LONDON: DAYA BAY
1.
WE FULLY TAKE YOUR POINT THAT MINISTERS SHOULD GIVE EXCO
THE MAXIMUM FEASIBLE REASSURANCE ON THE BUILDING AND OPERATION OF
DAYA BAY. WE ARE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY A REVISED TEXT WHICH
REPRESENTS A CONFLATION OF YOUR TEXT AND OUR ORIGINAL DRAFT. IN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT OUR ASSURANCES CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY UNQUALIFIED. THERE IS MOREOVER ARGUABLY A DANGER OF
APPEARING TOO PANGLOSSIAN, AFTER CHERNOBYL, IF MINISTERS DO NOT
MAKE THE POINT TO EXCO (AS JI PENGFEI DID TO YOU) THAT NO HUNDRED
PER CENT SAFETY GUARANTEE CAN BE GIVEN. I IMAGINE THAT EXCO ARE
SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THAT.
2.
WE HAVE HOWEVER TRIED TO TONE DOWN THE QUALIFICATIONS, AS
YOU SUGGEST, AND TO GIVE THEM LESS PROMINENCE IN THE OVERALL
STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT. WE HOPE YOU FEEL THAT THE REVISION MEETS
YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
HOWE
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