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PREDICTED EXPOSURES OF RESIDENTS IN MINSK AND
(WE NEED TO KIEV TO DATE AND IN THE FUTURE. KNOW THIS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER BRITISH CITIZENS IN EITHER CITY WILL NEED SPECIAL MEDICAL TREATMENT EITHER IMMEDIATELY OF SUBSEQUENTLY ON RETURN TO UK).
WHAT MEDICAL PRECAUTIONS ARE BEING ADVISED.
ARE WE RIGHT TO ASSUME THAT MEDICAL TREATMENT OR ADVICE ON OFFER WILL BE EXTENDED TO FOREIGNERS INCLUDING UK CITIZENS?
YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM STOCKHOLM AND BONN THAT THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES HAVE INFORMED THE SWEDES AND GERMANS THAT ONE OF THE CHERNOBYL GRAPHITE- MODERATED REACTORS IS (OR WAS) ON FIRE, AND ASKED FOR ADVICE IN DEALING WITH IT. BOTH THE SWEDES AND GERMANS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE UK IS WELL PLACED TO ADVISE ON CONTROL OF GRAPHITE FIRES. WE DOUBT THAT THERE IS A CLOSE PARALLEL WITH THE 1957 WIND SCALE FIRE (AS SOME WESTERN GOVERNMENTS APPARENTLY BELIEVE). NEVERTHELESS, YOU SHOULD INFORM HE SOVIET AUTHORITIES THAT IF THEY STILL PEQUIPE ADVICE, UK EXPERTS ARE PEADY TO PROVIDE THIS. IN SUCH AN EVENTUALITY DETAILED ADVANCE INFORMATION WOULD BE ESSENTIAL.
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OUR EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE SITUATION IN KIEVE, AND POSSIBLY ALSO IN MINSK COULD DETERIORATE SUFFICIENTLY TO REQUIRE EVACUATION. BUT AGAIN WE ARE HAMPERED BY THE LACK OF ANY CONCRETE INFORMATION. PLEASE STRESS TO SOVIET AUTHORITIES THAT IF THIS IS NOT IMMEDIATELY FORTHCOMING, WE MAY CONSIDER IT NECESSARY TO ADVISE THEIR WITHDRAWAL. YOU SHOULD ALSO DISCUSS WITH WESTERN COLLEAGUES CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR A JOINT OPERATION IN SUCH AN EVENTUALITY.
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