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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 684 OF 28 MAY, 1980
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING AND ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON.
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YOUR TELNO 416: PQ'S ON GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT.
1. IN VIEW OF INCONSISTENCIES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS IMPLICIT IN SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND THE DESIRABILITY OF MAKING A POSITIVE STATEMENT (WHICH WILL ALSO BE USEFUL HERE), I THINK IT BETTER TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN A SINGLE COMPREHENSIVE REPLY AS FOLLOWS, (THE TERMS HAVE BEEN CLEARED WITH KADOORIE AND DR. MARSHALL).
2.
**THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, WHICH IS A HONG KONG COMPANY, IS UNDERTAKING A JOINT FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH THE GUANG-
DONG ELECTRICITY AUTHORITIES INTO THE POSSIBLE SITING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, NO DECISIONS HAVE YET BEEN MADE NOR ARE THEY EXPECTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE COMPANY IS MAKING USE OF THE TECHNICAL ADVICE AND EXPERTISE OF THE U.K. ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, WILL OF COURSE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEED FOR THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SAFETY. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE U.K. GOVERNMENT ARE IN TOUCH OVER THE STUDY. THERE HAVE SO FAR BEEN NO CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN
EITHER GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA.
3. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS MACHINERY TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES
OF ALL KINDS. NO SPECIFIC PLANS EXIST IN CONNECTION WITH A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BUT IF THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WERE TO DECIDE
TO BUILD ONE IN THE VICINITY OF HONG KONG, SUCH PLANS WOULD OF
COURSE BE MADE''.
MACLEHOSE
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MR DONALD
COFIES TO:- HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE 6 GRAFTON ST. นา
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