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НКС 166
TO ROUTINE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTR
TELNO INDUS 78
OF 010352Z NOVEMBER 89
AND TO ROUTINE BTC HONG KONG
62
133320
MDLIAN 2848
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
FOR DAY, EM4D.
YOUR INDUS 110 TO BTC HONG KONG AND BTC'S INDU$ 57.
DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION PROJECT.
1.
WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THIS USEFUL UPDATE. WE ARE PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS BETWEEN GNP JVC AND GEC: AS YOU SAY, REDUCED EDF INFLUENCE MAY HELP FURTHER. HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL SOMEWHAT CONCERNED TO HEAR THAT GEC ARE STILL PREOCCUPIED WITH THE EFFECT ON MORALE OF NUTWELL'S LETTER TO STONES. IT IS NOW WELL OVER A MONTH SINCE
THAT LETTER WAS SENT.
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IT IS ALSO WORRYING THAT DAVY MORRIS HAVE STILL NOT SORTED OUT THE TURBINE HALL CRANE. COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR WAS GIVEN THE IMPRESSION DURING HIS VISIT LAST MONTH THAT THE REMAINING PROBLEMS WERE RELATIVELY MINOR AND WOULD BE SORTED OUT WITHIN A FEW DAYS AT THE MOST BY FIELD SERVICE PERSONNEL. THERE IS CLEARLY SOMETHING MUCH MORE RADICALLY WRONG WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAN HAS BEEN SUGGESTED IN THE PAST. WE ASSUME THAT FULL DETAILS ARE IN YOUR REPORT, A COPY OF WHICH HAS YET TO REACH US BY BAG.
3.
WE WOULD OF COURSE WISH TO MAINTAIN THE INCREASED LEVEL OF MONITORING WHICH WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN RECENT MONTHS THROUGH REGULAR VISITS BOTH FROM PEKING AND THE C TU. TO THIS END WE HOPE WE CAN FIELD AN EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVE ALSO FOR THE COORDINATION MEETING IN JANUARY.
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