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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR)
TELEGRAM NUMBER 106 OF 18 FEBRUARY
AND TO BTC HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FOR GOVERNOR FROM DONALD IN PUS'S ABSENCE
YOUR TELNO 148: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT
FEC 166/1
DESX
17 FEL 1932
1. YOU ARE OF COURSE BEST PLACED TO JUDGE KADOORIE'S REACTIONS AND ALL CONCERNED HERE HAVE ALWAYS RECOGNISED THAT HIS VIEWS ON
THE PROJECT ARE CRUCIAL. NEVERTHELESS, I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT
THE DOI COULD HAVE ADVISED THE PM IN ANY OTHER SENSE AT PRESENT.
THE FACTS ARE THAT:
2.
I)
3.
THE FRENCH HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT READY
TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH GEC:
II)
III)
THE CHINESE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR:
(A) THAT THEY HAVE NOT YET DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH
THE PROJECT: AND
(B) THAT THEY WISH TO SEEK COMPETING BIDS, THOUGH
FRENCH AND BRITISH WILL BE PREFERRED IF THEY ARE
COMPETITIVE (THIS WAS THE LINE TAKEN BY ZHAO ZIYANG
WITH THE LPS, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH LOWER LEVEL
STATEMENTS IN GUANGDONG, NOTABLY THE AGREED CHEN
GANG/LU KING/YE XUANPING POSITION BTC TEL INDUS
29)
(WP)
GEC NOW SHARE THE VIEW THAT WE SHOULD FOR THE TIME
BEING PURSUE BOTH FRENCH AND US OPTIONS, HAVING REALISED
THAT THE FRENCH ARE NOT YET READY TO SIGN AN EARLY AGREEMENT
WITH THEM AND HAVING REGARD TO THE LATEST INFORMATION
EMANATING FROM CHINA.
ALTHOUGH THE FCO WAS INITIALLY SURPRISED AT TH DOI'S
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