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Hum raised this issue with Zheng Jinjiong (Minister, Chinese Embassy) here on 26 February.
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2. Hum said that there was understandable concern in Hong Kong that there should be good coordination of emergency plans between the Hong Kong and Guangdong authorities. Time was now short
There had been a since the fuel rods would be loaded in May. number of rounds of discussion at expert level but some of the concerns expressed by Hong Kong in earlier representations had not as yet been resolved. The IAEA Convention, to which Britain and China were both parties, made clear the scope of notification which was required. We shared Hong Kong's interest in seeing that satisfactory coordination was achieved covering the full He hoped that the scope of obligations under the Convention. Embassy would report our concern to Peking and that the Chinese participants at the 16 March experts meeting would have positive instructions on this issue.
3. Hu (Counsellor, Chinese Embassy) indicated that he was aware of the issue and of the 16 March meeting. But he offered no substantive comment.
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