OCMIAN 1761
CONFIDENTIAL
DD 12010OZ PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO PEKIN
1116152 SEP
GRS 176
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16671
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 120100Z PEKING
TELNO 973
OF 1116152 SEPTEMBER 86
AND TO DESKBY 120100Z HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY PARIS
DAYA BAY: LEGCO PANEL VISIT TO PEKING
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1.
WE BELIEVE, AS DOES THE GOVERNOR, THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL
FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE CHINESE IN ADVANCE OF THE LEGCO VISIT, TO
UNDERLINE TO THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VISIT IN TERMS OF
ALLAYING BOTH THE CONCERNS IN HONG KONG ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE
PROJECT AND THE WIDER DOUBTS THERE ABOUT CHINA'S ATTITUDE TO HONG
KONG OPINION. WE PROPOSE THEREFORE THAT YOU SHOULD SEEK A CALL
EARLY NEXT WEEK ON ZHOU NAN (OR, IF HE IS UNAVAILABLE ZHOU PING
OR MEI ZHAORONG, IN DESCENDING ORDER OF PREFERENCE). A SUGGESTED
LINE TO TAKE IS IN MIFT.
2.
YOU MAY WISH TO HAND
BY NO 10 AFTER A CALL ON THE
EXCO (FCO TELNO 1919 TO HONG KONG, NOT TO PARIS).
GRATEFUL ANY COMMENTS DESKBY 120830Z.
OVER A COPY OF THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED
PRIME MINISTER BY THE GOVERNOR AND
3.
HOWE
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