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REGISTRY Action Taken

INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, PRAGUE, WARSAW, BUDAPEST

INFO IMMEDIATE EAST BERLIN, BELGRADE, BUCHAREST

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

INFO ROUTINE STOCKHOLM, HELSINKI, UKMIS VIENNA

INFO SAVING BRUSSELS

FRAME GENERAL

MIPT: FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL 12 MAY 1986

CHERNOBYL

1. THE FOLLOWING IS THE COMMON GUIDANCE AGREED AT THE COUNCIL FOR USE WITH EC CITIZENS TRAVELLING TO THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER:

''A. TRAVEL

TRAVELLERS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID KIEV, THE WESTERN UKRAINE, MINSK AND BYELORUSSIA UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

B. FOOD AND DRINK

TRAVELLERS TO AND CITIZENS RESIDENT IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO AVOID FRESH MILK AND FREE-RANGE EGGS. SURFACE-GROWN VEGETABLES SHOULD PREFERABLY BE AVOIDED AND IN ANY CASE SHOULDBE WASHED/PEELED. FRESH FRUIT SHOULD BE PEELED. TAP WATER IS SAFE, FOOD TINNED, FROZEN OR PRESERVED BEFORE 26 APRIL IS SAFE. IN ADDITION, THIS ADVICE NOW APPLIES ALSO TO ROMANIA WHERE WEATHER PATTERNS HAVE MEANT THAT CONTAMINATION IS SOMEWHAT GREATER THAN IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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