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INFO SAVING MOSCOW, BELGRADE, BUCHAREST, BUDAPEST, PRAGUE, SOFIA

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YOUR TEL 180 TO ROME:-CHERNOBYL: EC BAN ON FOOD FROM EASTERN

EUROPE

1.

SCIENTIFIC DATA RECEIVED BY HRISH AUTHORITIES CONCERNING LEVELS

THE OF RADIATION IN EASTERN EUROPE IS NOT BEING MADE PUBLIC. NUCLEAR ENERGY BOARD (NEB) HAVE BEEN INTERPRETING SUCH DATA AS THEY RECEIVE IN THE MOST GENERAL TERMS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.

2. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBER OF TELEPHONE CALLS TO THE NEB SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT RADIATION LEVELS IN EASTERN (AND WESTERN) EUROPE FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EITHER WISHING TO TRAVEL OR CONCERNED ABOUT FOOD IMPORTS HAVE DIMINISHED ALMOST TO ZERO.

3.

IT IS OUR IMPRESSION THAT WHILST GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (PARTICULARLY THOSE IN GREAT BRITAIN) HAS BEEN HEIGHTENED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT THERE IS A LOW LEVEL OF INTEREST IN RADIATION LEVELS IN EASTERN EUROPE. APPEARS THEREFORE THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE UNDUE PUBLIC PRESSURE AGAINST ANY RELAXATION OF THE BAN ON FOOD IMPORTS AND THAT IRELAND WOULD BE LIKELY TO GO WITH THE CONSENSUS.

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