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INTO SOVIET INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

BUT IT WILL BE EVIDENT TO THE

SOVIET AUTHORITIES THAT THE MATTER IS OF LEGITIMATE MAJOR CONCERN TO THE UK. IN ABSENCE OF INFORMATION PRESSURE IS MOUNTING IN UK FOR EVACUATION OF THOSE CURRENTLY IN USSR AND FOR OTHERS TO CANCEL PLANNED VISITS. SOVIET AUTHORITIES WILL MOREOVER RECALL DISCUSSIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY IN 1982-1984 WITH THE AIM OF PRODUCING GUIDELINES ON COOPERATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN

GOVERNMENTS IN THE EVENT OF NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES SUCH AS CHERNOBYL. BRITISH AND SOVIET EXPERTS PARTICIPATED FULLY IN THIS SUCCESSFUL EXERCISE AND THE RESULTS MAY THEREFORE BE PRESUMED TO HAVE THE BLESSING OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS.

4.

IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PELEVANT IAEA GUIDELINES, WE NOW PEQUEST ALL AVAILABLE FACTS OF IMPORTANCE FOR ASSESSING THE SITUATION, INCLUDING:

A.

B.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE FACILITY INVOLVED.

THE NATURE OF THE ACCIDENT, THE TIME AT WHICH IT OCCURRED AND ITS POSSIBLE

DEVELOPMENT.

C. INFORMATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND

TERMINATION OF THE EMERGENCY.

D.

E.

F.

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PELEASE. INFORMATION ON METEOROLOGICAL AND

HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, NECESSARY FOR FORECASTING THE DISPERSON AND DILUTION OF

THE PELEASE.

OFF-SITE PROTECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN OF

RECOMMENDED.

G. FESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.

ITS

5. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION FEQURIED UNDER THESE HEADINGS INCLUDES

THE TIME AT WHICH THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE PRESENT STATE OF THE COPE AND HOW IT MAY CHANGE THE

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