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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS,
INFO PRIORITY E C POSTS, WASHINGTON, BUDAPEST, PRAGUE, SOFIA,
INFO PRIORITY MOSCOW, BELGRADE,
B
YOUR TELNO 73′′ to BUDAPEST, CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER :
EC FOOD BAN
1. THE MINISTROF FOREIGN TRADE ARE TAKING
THE LEAD HERE IN POLISH HANDLING OF THE EC BAN AND ARE IN CLOSE
TOUCH WITH THE POLISH ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. THEREFORE CALLED THIS MORNING ON THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTOR, SCZEPANKOWSKI. I SPOKE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAS 3 AND 4 OF YOUR TUR, POINTING OUT THAT WHILE
WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, WE NEEDED THE FURTHER
INFORMATION NOW REQUESTED URGENTLY TO HELP IN THE FORMULATION OF OUR
POSITION TOWARDS A REVIEW OF THE BAN.
2. SZCZEPANKOWSKI FULLY APPRECIATED THE NEED FOR SPEED, THOUGH
HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT SURE IF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED COULD
BE PROVIDED IN THE TIME. POLISH SCIENTISTS HAD NOT YET
COMPLETED THEIR RESEARCH INTO THE LONGER LASTING RADIOACTIVE
ELEMENTS (AT MINISTER WOJCIK'S BRIEFING ON 16 NAY - MY TELNO 179
SCIENTISTS HAD SAID THEY HAD NOT YET FOUND TRACE S OF CAESIUM
OR STRONTIUM, BUT WERE STILL LOOKING). HE WOULD, HOWEVER, CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES AT ONCE. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE
MADE AVAILABLE TO US FOR TRANSMISSION.
THORPE
FRAME GENERAL
ECD (e)
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MR DAUNT
COPIES TO:
PS/NO 10 DOWNING STREET
MR RICKSON
MR DONNELLY
MR B PONSFORD
MR F FEATES
MR D MORPHET
MR B HAMPTON
MR M HARRIS MR RUBERY
MR E RIDER
ME S HARBISON
CABINET
INET OFFICE
} DOE, ROMNEY HOUSE
3
30/ENERGY, AE DIVISION.
DHSS, HE
HEALTH SERVICES DIV.,
HANNIBAL HOUSE.
HSE NII, THAMES HSE.STH.
MR S SEYMOUR, OT3/5C,DTI (VICTORIA ST,)
MR G MEEKINGS
MR Ŕ HATHAWAY
MR D LEVEY MR N BURTON
MR J DUNSTER DR E LAWRENCE MISS M LEWIS
UKAEA
MAFF
BRITISH COUNCIL
NRPB, CHILTON,DIDCOT. D1 52, MOD
DELI/MOD
D.NUC.POL.SY /MOD
MR STEVENS AE DIVISION, D/ENERGY POD (WELFARE)
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