TNAG-0948-FCO40-1167-Effect-of-nuclear-exports-to-China-on-Hong-Kong-Guangdong-nu-1980 — Page 179

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CODE 18-78

Reference

A William J. 21.1.80 JAN

INDEX

PSYNC. ST

1 1980

OFFICER

PA

Ritchie RovR 2018 Lor

Guangdong Nuclear Project

RB

9 spake to N Brown this morning, and him the following alternative wording

gave

for para 15:

A joint venture between organisations in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province would also fit into the pattern of increasing cooperation between Hong Kong and the Neighbowing areas of Chima. Such cooperatur is important to China in the context of thes modernisation programmes. It is also welcome from our point of view, particularly when, as in this case, it involves a project whose benefits will not begin to be felt until well into the future, since it increases the Chinese interest in maintaining the status quo in Hong Kong. This sort of development this helps to bolster business confidence in the territory and to counter

any