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namely that, whereas the French had built
up a continuing dialogue with the Chinese,
had freed themselves from licensing constraints to export, and were negotiating
on the back of a continuing domestic
programme, Westinghouse had not built a
station since "Three Mile Island" indeed
several US PWRS had been cancelled, and
still suffered from a US Senate restriction
on the export of nuclear technology that
excluded China.
III Period 1981 to 1984: Considerable
commercial jockeying for position.
Throughout 1981 and 1982 indecision in the
UK camp over the US or French option.
French gradually dominant because of their
better links with key Chinese leaders and
because ultimately US could not undertake
to agree to transfer of technology. supported inclusion of GEC, although
French would have preferred to retain a
total French offer. Ultimately French
accepted Chinese decision that GEC should
be given the first run.
CLP
In practice, the UK's position at the
macro-level was based upon a monumental
bluff. We had to sustain the belief that
in infrastructure projects in Hong Kong,
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