GRS 250
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO FLASH PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HIK 160/1
TELNO 204
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OF 291055Z AUGUST 86
1 SEP 1935
HANFO *MMEDIATE FCO
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505
FOR PS/SIR E YOUDE FROM JOHN CHAN.
DAYA BAY : CONTRACT SIGNATURE.
FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM A REUTERS REPORT DATELINED PEKING, AUGUST 29 BY STEPHEN NISBET:
''FOREIGN OFFICIALS INVOLVED WITH CHINA'S DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PROJECT HAVE FORECAST THAT CONTRACTS WILL BE SIGNED NEXT MONTH, DESPITE WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION IN NEARBY HONG KONG.
''SHR JACK CATER, FIRST DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF GUANGDONG JOINT VENTURE NUCLEAR POWER COMPANY, TOLD REUTERS THE THREE MAIN CONTRACTS SHOULD BE SIGNED IN MID-SEPTEMBER, WITH FINAL AUTHORITY FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BY OCTOBER 7.
***CARL MICOLAJSEN, REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE OF THE
CONTRACTORS, FRANCE'S FRAMATOME, SAID HE EXPECTED ALL CONTRACTS TO BE SIGNED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15 AND 20. THE OTHER CONTRACTORS ARE ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE AND BRIKTAN'S GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
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**HONG KONG GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDES DUE TO MEET OFFICIALS OF CHINA'S OFFICE OF HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS IN PEKING ON MONDAY AFTER A WEEKEND AS GUEST OF THE BRATISH AMBASSADOR, RMCHARD EVANS. HE WAS DUE IN PEKING TODAY''.
SIR
2. THE REUTERS REPORT WAS CARRIED BY RTHK, COMMERCIAL RADIO, CHINESE AND TVB CHINESE IN THEIR EARLY EVENING NEWS.
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3. HAVE REPORTED THE ABOVE TO SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, MR. S.L. CHEN, FS AND SES.
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