GRS 180

CONFIDENTIAL

: HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2999

Confidential

OF 16095OZ SEPTEMBER 86

•INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKMIS VIENNA

FIKK 166/1

ار با جای

607

TC

YOUR TELNO. 1924: DAYA BAY

DB

*IN YOUR TUR YOU ADVISED THAT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINISTERS HAVE

AGREED THAT MRS. MOK MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE UK DELEGATION AS AN

OBSERVER. YOU FURTHER ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD NOT PUBLICISE HER

ATTENDANCE BEFORE PEKING HAS INFORMED THE CHINESE.

2. IN THE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF YOUR TELEGRAM YOU REQUESTED PEKING

TO INFORM THE CHINESE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF MRS. MOK'S ATTENDANCE

AT THE MEETING, STRESSING THAT SHE WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE UK

DELEGATION AND THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL WISH TO GIVE

PUBLICITY TO HER ATTENDANCE TO EMPHASISE THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNM-

ENT IS TAKING SERIOUSLY HTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY OF ITS

PEOPLE.

3. WE HAVE JUST NOTICED THAT TUR WAS NOT COPIED TO PEKING. ACCORD-

INGLY MOST GRATEFUL PEKING INFORM CHINESE OF MRS. MOK'S ATTENDANCE

AS SUGGESTED BY YOU AND REPEATED IN PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE.

AS MRS. MOK PLANS TO LEAVE HONG KONG FOR VIENNA ON 22 SEPTEMBER, HT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF PEKING COULD CONFIRM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

THAT THEY HAVE INFORMED THE CHINESE IN ORDER THAT WE MAY GIVE

PUBLICITY LOCALLY TO HER ATTENDANCE AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

PRIOR TO HER DEPARTURE.

YOUDE

YYYY

HMLNAN 1997

GUANGDONG

LIMITED

HKD

FED

NED

TRED

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[COPIES SENT TO NO 10 DOWNING STREET]

PS

PS/MR RENTON PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR DAUNT

MR WILSON MR SLATER

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

GUANGDONG NUCLEAR

MR. A DANIELS, AE

DIENERGY

AE DIV

THAMES HEE

SOUTH.

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