CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 833
OF 24100OZ MAY 93
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HKC 166/! RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
2 MAI 1993
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OUR TELNO 753: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT DAYA BAY....
SUMMARY.
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THE SIXTH ROUND OF EXPERT TALKS WAS HELD IN HONG KONG FROM 21 MAY 1993. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHEN ZENG QING AND WANG FA OF THE NUCLEAR STEERING COMMITTEE OFFICE WERE IN HONG KONG, MASTER-MINDING THE MOVES OF THE GUANGDONG SIDE. GOOD PROGRESS WAS MADE ON LESS CONTENTIOUS ISSUES. IN A SIGNIFICANT CONCESSION, GUANGDONG SIDE AGREED TO IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF ALL OFF-SITE EMERGENCIES. BUT ON THE KEY QUEWTION OF CONFIDENTIALITY, THEY STILL HELD OUT FOR A WRITTEN GUARANTEE. THE GUANGDONG SIDE WERE UNWILLING TO MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION OF ON-SITE ISSUES WITHOUT FIRST RESOLVING THIS QUESTION.
DETAIL.
2.
WE AGREED, AND SIGNED, CONSENSUS PAPER ON FOUR OF THE FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRESOLVED OFF-SITE ISSUES:
(A)
(B)
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY, EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, AND CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION AND LIAISON: EXCHANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL DATA:
(C)
THE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF WATER AND FOODSTUFFS FROM CHINA: AND
3.
(D)
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE.
DISCUSSION OF THE FIRST ISSUE WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT, BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES ON THE QUESTION OF HOW QUICKLY HONG KONG SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF OFF-SITE EMERGENCIES. WE INSISTED ON IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF ALL SUCH EMERGENCIES, WHETHER OR NOT THE CHINESE JUDGED THAT THEY MIGHT AFFECT HONG KONG. THE GUANGDONG SIDE ARGUED THAT, BECAUSE OF PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES, THEY COULD ONLY COMMIT THEMSELVES TO NOTIFICATION QUOTE AS SOON
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