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LONDON IN MARCH 1987.
RADIATION IN FOOD
POINTS TO MAKE
29. (DEFENSIVE
ONLY IF PRESSED). EC INTRODUCED CONTINUOUS
SURVEILLANCE MECHANISM AFTER CHERNOBYL. RELIABILITY OF THE
RESULTS OF OUR SURVEILLANCE CAN BE ASSURED. RADIATION LEVELS IN
UK LOW. ALL UK FOODSTUFFS FOR EXPORT PERFECTLY SAFE.
BACKGROUND
30. ON 18 NOVEMBER THAILAND INTRODUCED EXTREMELY LOW PERMITTED LEVELS OF RADIATION IN FOODSTUFFS. HOWEVER, NO FOOD DELIVERIES FROM EUROPE HAVE BEEN SEIZED. EC COMMERCIAL/ECONOMIC COUNSELLORS
IN BANGKOK MET ON 14 OCTOBER AND AGREED THAT SO LONG AS THAIS DID
NOT REJECT ANY SHIPMENTS FROM EUROPE, THE PRESENT POLICY OF MINIMISING PUBLICITY IN THAILAND AND MAKING NO OFFICIAL APPROACH
SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.
31.
AS A SAD POSTSCRIPT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT DR HO, THE
SINGAPORE HIGH COMMISSIONER, DIED ON 23 NOVEMBER AND WILL BE CREMATED ON 28 NOVEMBER.
HOWE
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