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FM HONG KONG 2906052 SEPTEMBER 80

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1257 OF 29 SEPTEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

M 1 P T: COMMENTS ON GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT BRIEF.

THE OBJECTIVES IN PARTS 2 AND 3 OF THE BACKGROUND BRIEF ARE RIGHT, BUT THE 'POINTS TO MAKE ARE TOO EFFUSIVE, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO OBTAIN CHINESE COMMENTS AND NOT GIVE OUR OWN UNTIL THE

FORMER ARE KNOWN.

2. IF THE CHINESE CONFIRM THEIR INTEREST IN THE PROJECT THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO BE COMPLETED BY THE TWO ELECTRICITY COMPANIES AND CONSIDERED BY GOVERNMENTS. WE DO NOT WANT TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE BY GROUPS OF OFFICIALS VISITING CHINA UNTIL THAT HAS BEEN DONE (PARA 4 OF ORIGINAL ''POINTS TO MAKE'' REFERS).

3. WE SHOULD NOT SUGGEST THERE MAY BE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEKING AND GUANGDONG (PARA 3 OF POINTS TO MAKE').

4. WE SHOULD NOT SAY THAT WE SEE SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE PROJECT RUNNING OVER 20 YEARS - IT WOULD GIVE THE WRONG

IMPRESSION.

MACLEHOSE

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JNU

HK&GD

FED

TRED

SIR E YOUDE

MR DONALD

MR PH MOBERLY

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