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TELNO OTTER 99
OF 05103OZ JUNE 89
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
HKC 1661 TOP COPY
Q DIST ?
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157256
MDLIAN 6249
FOR ADAMS HEAD OF PER DTI
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MY TELNO OTTER 95: DAYA BAY
1. WANG QUAN GUO, CHAIRMAN OF THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER JOINT VENTURE CO, TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARTY DULY LEFT FOR PARIS ON SATURDAY 3 JUNE. TOGETHER WITH SIR J CATER AND STONES OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER, I HAD DINNER WITH THEM BEFOREHAND AND SAW THEM OFF AT THE AIRPORT. WANG SEEMED IN A WHOLLY RELAXED AND CONGENIAL MOOD AND WAS CLEARLY PLEASED TO BE GETTING SUCH A SEND OFF. CHE CLEARLY NOTED ON THE ABSENCE OF ANYONE ON THE FRENCH SIDE).
2. NEITHER WANG NOR HIS WIFE SPEAK ANY ENGLISH BUT BOTH SEEM VERY APPRECIATIVE AND EASY TO TALK TO THROUGH INTERPRETERS. WANG'S PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR XIAO JIAN HUA, ALSO SPEAKS NO ENGLISH AND HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY VISITED HONG KONG, NOR FRANCE NOR THE UK: HE SEEMED SMART, PLEASANT AND HELPFUL.
3. I HANDED WANG THE LETTER AS IN PARA 1 OF MY TUR. SIR J CATER TO WHOM I HAD WRITTEN SEPARATLY BUT SIMILARLY POINTED OUT THAT THE PROPOSED MEETING ON FRIDAY 24 JUNE (AS IN PARA 6 OF YOUR TELNO OTTER 109 AND REPRODUCED IN MY LETTER) SHOULD BE EITHER FRIDAY 23 JUNE OR SATURDAY 24 JUNE. I SAID THAT IT WOULD SURELY BE FRIDAY 23 JUNE, AND NOW SEE THIS IS CONFIRMED IN MALCOLM DAY'S SUBMISSION OF 5 MAY WHICH WAS COPIED TO US. STONES SAID THAT HE HOPED VERY MUCH THAT THE MEETING WITH LORD YOUNG WOULD TAKE PLACE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING OF FRIDAY 23 JUNE, SINCE HE HOPED TO FLY WANG AND HIS PARTY FOR THE WEEKEND TO HIS FARM IN SCOTLAND LEAVING AROUND NOON ON THAT DAY. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET ME HAVE A TIME FOR THE APPOINTMENT WHICH I COULD PASS ON TO STONES BEFORE HE HIMSELF LEAVES FOR LONDON ON 16 JUNE.
4. WANG FOR HIS PART CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED LORD YOUNG'S LETTER AND LOOKED FORWARD TO MEETING HIM, BUT CLEARLY LEFT THE QUESTION OF TIME AND PLACE TO OTHERS.
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