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Mr. Mc Quad
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Mr. Williams
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GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT
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In the light of Michael Jopling's report to you of his
conversation with Lord Kädoorie in Hong Kong you asked for an
assessment of the situation on the Guangdong project. A
background note is attached at Annex A: the principal issue for
consideration at present is whether we should choose to work in
partnership with the French or the Americans on the nuclear
island.
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2 You may recall that in February 1981, against the background
of the final discussions on the Castle Peak B station in Hong
Kong and the need to give particular weight at that time to the
views of Lord Kadoorie, colleagues agreed that GEC should seek to
enter into an agreement with the French nuclear suppliers,
Framatome. In the event, it proved possible to gain the Castle
Peak contract without entering into a firm agreement.
for their part have since been content to stand back from any
firm commitment. In the interim, in the absence of any clear
indication that China will go forward with the project in the
near future, it has been possible to take forward the alternative
The French
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