CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 162
CONFIDENTIAL
HICC 166/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
Fin Marshell
137407 MDLIAN 2080
1993
DESK OFFICER INDEX
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
TOP ODK
OF 05041OZ FEBRUARY 93
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS VIENNA
6
ه در
YOUR TEL NO 68 AND HONG KONG TEL NO 3: DAYA BAY POWER STATION
SUMMARY
1. SYMPATHETIC THOUGH NON-COMMITTAL RESPONSE FROM MFA: CHINA WILL FULFIL ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS. CHINESE RESPONSE LIKELY TO BE GIVEN AT NEXT MEETING OF EXPERTS ON 16 MARCH.
DETAIL
MFA 2. COUNSELLOR TOOK ACTION WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HKMAO, TODAY (5 FEBRUARY). WANG GUISHENG TOOK CAREFUL NOTE AND SAID THAT HE WOULD PASS ON OUR VIEWS TO THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES ''IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE WAY''.
3. WANG SAID THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT PAID VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE SAFETY OF THE DAYA BAY POWER STATION. LI PENG HAD VISITED IT ON 4 JANUARY AND EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY. VICE-MINISTER ZOU JIAHUA HEADED A SMALL GROUP LEADING THE WORK OF THE POWER STATION. PREVENTIVE MEASURES HAD BEEN PLANNED.
4. WANG ALSO SAID THAT CHINA WOULD STRICTLY FULFIL ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE TWO IAEA CONVENTIONS. AS WE KNEW, CHINA ALWAYS STRICTLY IMPLEMENTED ITS INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKINGS.
5.
WANG HOPED THAT THESE POINTS WOULD REASSURE PEOPLE IN HONG
HE ALSO KONG. HE WELL UNDERSTOOD THE CONCERNS PEOPLE FELT. UNDERSTOOD THE URGENCY OF THE MATTER, GIVEN THAT FUEL WOULD BE LOADED IN MAY. THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES WERE NOW STUDYING THE HONG KONG SIDE'S PROPOSALS. HE THOUGHT THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GIVE A RESPONSE AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE EXPERTS ON 16 MARCH. WAS BEST TO DO THIS THROUGH THE EXISTING HONG KONG/GUANGDONG CHANNELS.
IT
6. WE THANKED WANG FOR THIS CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE AND SAID THAT WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE MFA'S HELP. WE HAD NO WISH TO CUT ACROSS
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