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very reassuring.
Hong Kong might find
find it more helpful
to have copies of the draft Resolutions which demonstrated how the world community was looking forward and taking cooperative steps
cooperative steps to avoid any further such
disaster.
3.
(iii) Miss Tam asked if British experts in nuclear inspection
might be available to come
come and speak in Hong Kong. The
Governor added that the real need
need was perhaps for ExCo
and the Hong Kong Government to know better how nuclear
inspections worked. Dr Wilson offered a note on the
British nuclear inspection system and its operation: the
LegCo members could then make use of this in general terms to explain in Peking what they felt was necessary for Daya Bay.
You are already kindly looking into (iii) above. I should
be grateful if you could also consider (i) and (ii) with NED and
the Department of Energy.
4. Mr Culshaw's minute of 9 September asks for material
Bay for the Secretary of State's box this evening. It would be
helpful if you could draft self-contained note which recorded
Miss Tam's three points above, summarised our response and explained what action was being taken. You might attach to it the "observations" section of the UMELCO report, explaining that the whole report is very long. Please consider whether any other
documentation should be submitted: I cannot think offhand of
anything very suitable.
fills in the factual
The brief
background in quite some detail.
10 September 1986
Colten
CO Hum
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