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Action Taken

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OF 221325Z MAY 86

INFO ROUTINE BONN, COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN, LUXEMBOURG, PARIS, THE HAGUE INFO ROUTINE LISBON, MADRID, ATHENS, ROME, UKMIS VIENNA

INFO ROUTINE EASTERN EUROPEAN POSTS

INFO SAVING BRUSSELS

FRAME GENERAL

CHERNOBYL : COMMISSION ACTIVITY

SUMMARY

1. COMMISSION HELD FIRST DISCUSSION ON 21 MAY OF POSSIBLE

ACTIONS POST CHERNOBYL. FURTHER DISCUSSION IN TWO WEEKS, WITH THE

AIM OF AGREEING A COMMUNICATION TO THE COUNCIL. ON THE EAST

EUROPEAN IMPORT BAN, THE RESPONSIBILE COMMISSIONERS WERE HABILITATED

TO PRODUCE A PROPOSAL TO THE COUNCIL BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

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2. YESTERDAY'S COMMISSION MEETING CONSIDERED A REPORT BY A GROUP

OF DIRECTORS GENERAL (CHAIRED BY AUDLAND) ON POSSIBLE ACTIONS IN THE

WAKE OF THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT (MY, TELNO 1671 AND BENDER'S LETTER OF

21 MAY TO GORDON, NED REFER). WE HAVE BEEN GIVING THE FOLLOWING

ACCOUNT IN CONFIDENCE.

3. DELORS OPENED BY STRESSING THE WIDELY DIFFERING VIEWS HELD

WITHIN THE COMMISSION ON POSSIBLE ACTIONS: THE EC'S LOST CREDIBILITY

OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS: AND THE NEED FOR THE EC TO REGAIN THE

INITIATIVE. IN THE ENSUING DISCUSSION, CLINTON DAVIS SPOKE AT

LENGTH ABOUT THE NEED FO THE EC TO BE INVOLVED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF STRICT BASIC HEALTH STANDARDS, AND NOT TO RELY ON NATIONAL EXPERTS. CHEYSSON ARGUED THE FRENCH POSITION: AN EARLY WARNING

SYSTEM AND BETTER DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION WERE ACCEPTABLE, BUT

NO ACTION SHOULD BE PROPOSED WHICH COULD CALL INTO QUESITON THE

ESSENTIAL NEED FOR A NUCLEAR INDUSTRY. NARJES NOTED THE CASE FOR

FURTHER RESEARCH ON NUCLEAR RELATED ISSUES, AND COMMENTED ON THE

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS.

4. THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

(1) EAST EUROPEAN IMPORT BAN: THE RESPONSIBLE COMMISSIONERS WERE

AUTHORISED TO PRODUCE A PROPOSAL BY FRIDAY 23 MAY FOR THE PERIOD

AFTER 31 MAY.

(11) THE COMMISSION WOULD RESPOND POSITIVELY TO KOHL'S IDEA OF AN

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.

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