DSR 11 (Revised)
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DRAFT:
P.A.
CONFIDENTIAL
minute/letter/teleletter/despatch/note
FROM:
Lord Belstead
DEPARTMENT:
SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONĮ
TO:
Top Secret
Secret
Confidential
Restricted
Unclassified
PRIVACY MARKING
Minister for Trade
SUBJECT:
TEL. NO:
8410%80
TYPE: Draft/Final 1+
Reference
FEC 166/1
Your Reference
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spcher Toys Hoave, HKGD/
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION
Kenneth Balcer Kindly
PROJECT
his letter to you
1. Thank you for copying to me your minute of 9 August on the question of Overseas froject Fund support for
GEC's anticipated pre-contractual costs in pursuit of
the contract for the conventional island of this project.
2. As Francis Pym said in his letter of 28 July to the
Prime Minister, the successful conclusion by British
companies of major contracts in connection with this
HKCGD is project would have benefits for the long-term relations
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between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of
China, and more particularly between China and Hong
Kong, (This industrial cooperation would help to maintain
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confidence in Hong Kong at a time when the territory's
future is coming under close scrutiny.
3. We do attach importance to adding substance to our
bilateral relationship with China.
We have certain
important strategic interests in common as well as
important areas of difference. Our influence in Peking
can be increased by our thickening up the network of He
Our relations between Britain and China, exposing the
Chinese more closely to our views and capabilities.
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