CONFIDENTIAL
CHEN GANG ALSO SAID THAT IN THE PAST HE HAD OPPOSED THE UK/US
JOINT BID AS HE BELIEVED THAT THIS COULD NOT ADVANCE WITHOUT AN
INSPECTION REQUIREMENT: NOW THAT IT LOOKED POSSIBLE HE WAS IN FAVOUR
OF SUCH A BID, RECOGNISING THE SUPERIORITY OF US TECHNOLOGY. THE
SAME MEETING ALSO REVEALED THAT GPC WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ELEMENTS
OF THE LIKELY UK/US PACKAGE. THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
IT WOULD ENTAIL THE MANUFACTURE IN THE UK OF KEY PWR HARDWARE AND
WERE CONCERNED AT THE LACK OF UX EXPERIENCE IN THIS RESPECT.
MARSHALL REASSURED THEM ABOUT THIS EXPLAINING THAT THE CEGB
THEMSELVES PURCHASED FROM BRITAIN ONLY WHAT BRITISH MANUKACTURERS
WERE CAPABLE OF MAKING. THE SAME WOULD APPLY TO ANY PACKAGE FOR
CHINA.
6. AT ONE STAGE IT APPEARS THAT THE CHINESE WERE THROWN OFF
BALANCE BY A MESSAGE FROM PEKING THAT A US/UK BID WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS WAS PRESUMABLY A GARBLED VERSION OF THE MESSAGE DELIVERED TO
VICE-MINISTER LI PENG. WITH THE FULL TEXT OF THE MESSAGE NOW
DELIVERED IN BOTH CANTON AND PEKING THIS SHOULD NOW HAVE BEEN
UNSCRAMBLED,
7. MARSHALL RETURNS TO LONDON ON 2 SEPTEMBER AND WILL REPORT
IN DETAIL.
ADAMS
LIMITED
FED
HK4GD
NED
TRED
MR GIFFARD MR GILLMORE
MR DONALD
ADDITIONAL DISTN
GUANGDONG
NUCLEAR
2
CONFIDENTIAL