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MDHIAN 1011
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FM DTI
TO DESKBY 28010OZ BTC HONG KONG
TELNO OTTER 138
OF 271859Z JUNE 89
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING, PARIS
HKC166/1
·Rish
Miss Marssen
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Mr Forman 28/6
Mr манита
28/6
FOR HEAP BTC HONG KONG
FOR AMBASSADOR PEKING
FOR JAY, PARIS
DAYA BAY AND VISIT OF WANG QUAN GUO
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WANG TOOK THE CANCELLATION OF THE VISIT WITH LORD YOUNG BADLY AND REFUSED MY LUNCH INVITATION AND MEETING. HE TOLD BOB DAVIDSON OF GEC AND STONES THAT THIS TREATMENT COMPARED
POORLY WITH HIS EXPERIENCE IN FRANCE. IN VIEW OF THIS HE WOULD NOW THINK OF ANY SECOND NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT
DAYA BAY GOING TO THE FRENCH ALONE RATHER THAN BEING
SHARED WITH THE BRITISH AS HE WOULD HAVE
PREFERRED. STONES APPARENTLY DEFENDED HMG'S ACTION BUT
TO NO AVAIL.
2
WE CONCLUDED THAT, DESPITE THE IMPLICIT THREAT OF LOSING UP TO #400M WORTH OF BUSINESS IN ANY SECOND POWER STATION
AT DAYA BAY, WE SHOULD NOT GIVE IN TO THIS TYPE OF BLACKMAIL. SOME KIND OF GESTURE WAS HOWEVER DESIRABLE GIVEN THAT WE
DID NOT WISH WANG TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IN A SULK, HAVING HAD NO CONTACT WITH HMG AND CONVINCED THAT HE HAS BEEN INSULTED.
IN CONSULTATION WITH THE FCO WE DECIDED THAT I SHOULD ATTEND A DINNER GIVEN BY GNPJVC AND THAT A CHANCE ENCOUNTER SHOULD
BE ENGINEERED AT ASCOT WHICH LORD YOUNG WAS ATTENDING ANYWAY
ON 23 JUNE.
3 THE GNP JVC DINNER WENT OFF SMOOTHLY AND WANG WAS COURTEOUS IN HIS OWN LIMITED WAY. HE MADE IT CLEAR BEFOREHAND HOWEVER THAT NO BUSINESS MATTERS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN US.
4
THE CHANCE MEETING WITH LORD YOUNG WAS ALSO ACHIEVED. THE CONTEXT WAS ENTIRELY A SOCIAL ONE WITH LADY YOUNG AND MRS WANG
PRESENT AND NO DTI OFFICIALS. A BRIEF EXCHANGE TOOK PLACE ON
THE STEEL SUPPLY SITUATION AT DAYA BAY AND A POSSIBLE BRITISH
ROLE IN ANY FUTURE BRITISH POWER STATION THERE. ON THE FORMER
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