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DSR 1 (Revised)
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FROM:
Secretary of State
DEPARTMENT:
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
TO:
Prime Minister
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SUBJECT:
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION
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(MNS 160/1)
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1. I have considered the case for pursuing the contract
to supply parts of a nuclear power staiton to be built
in the Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of
China, and for supplying nuclear fuel for the power
station.
2. I consider that the commercial considerations of
possible export opportunities up to US$2 billion, and
the political advantages of co-operation with the PRC
on such a scale with attendant advantages for the stability
of Hong Kong, outweigh any damage to the credibility of
our non-proliferation policies, particularly since China
is already a nuclear weapon state and acquisition of the technology and material involved would not enhance her
nuclear weapon capability.
3. I am copying this letter to OD colleagues, Sir Robert Armstrong, and the Secretaries of State for Energy and
Industry.
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