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inhabitants and the commercial interests of UK manufacturers
who currently supply electrical generating equipment to CLP.
4.2
Note that provided these interests were adequately
recognised then the project offers benefits to UK and
fit the pattern of increasing
Hong Kong relations with the PRC [and would pretate the growing co-option
tween
interdependence of Hong Kong and IRC
4.3 State that the UK would expect to secure substantial orders
for hardware probably in the context of overall project leadership.
4.4 Say that nuclear proliferation issues should not prevent
negotiations continuing between China Light and Power and KEC.
4.5 Offer to the Chinese authorities our advice and
experience on nuclear safety, site evaluation, consultancy services
and
in evaluating various options such as
power station size and
transmission grid interconnection, and large-scale project
management.
4.6 Explain that British firms at the moment do not have
the capability of supplying the nuclear steam supply system
within the nuclear reactor so therefore it would primarily
be for the supplying country to satisfy itself on issues of
nuclear non-proliferation.
4.7
from the Chinese that any equipment or materials supplied would
not be diverted from civil to military use; that we would also
State that it would be cur intention to seek assurances
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