particularly since NNC will carry the responsibility of
adapting the Korean plant designs to the Chinese site.
Lord Kadoorie has specifically warned Lord Weinstock that
he is anxious to avoid such a "hybrid proposal under the
guise of a British package" being submitted to the Chinese;
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(4) Moreover, messages received through CLP suggest that at least
some of the Chinese authorities whose views will be influential
in any major decision are strongly opposed to an Anglo/American
package. It has been suggested that the Head of the Nuclear
Bureau intends to indicate his opposition to such a proposal
to the Embassy in Peking..
(5) Even those factions within China which favour an Anglo/American
package appear to want to buy the main components of the nuclear
island direct from the United States rather than from manufacturers
in the UK working under a Westinghouse License.
(6) Pursuing an alternative option with the Americans may encourage
the French to make an all French pre-emptive bid with the French
turbine company, Alsthom, supplying the convational island.
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