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9. AS HIT HAPPENS NCNA HAVE INDICATED AT SENIOR LEVEL TO THE POLITICAL ADVISER THAT THEY ARE, FOR THEIR OWN REASONS, CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC CRITICISM IN HONG KONG. THEY WOULD WELCOME HT #IF, ¡N SUPPLEMENTING RECENT REASSURING REMARKS BY HKG, WE COULD STIMULATE POSITIVE COMMENTS BY E.G. VISITING SCHENTISTS. ADDITIONALLY THE ORGANISERS OF THEIR CIVIH NUCLEAR PROGRAMME (WHOSE GENERAL REPUTATION THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO PRESERVE) WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE ADVICE FROM BRITISH EXPERTS. NCNA WERE NOT CLAIMING TO SPEAK FOR PEKING BUT WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEIR LINE IS AUTHORISED.
10. A SHALL TELEGRAPH SEPARATELY ON HOW THIS SUBJECT MIGHT BE HANDLED DURING THE FORTHCOMING VISIT BY HU AND LR.
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ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR
PS
FED
NED
TRED
HKD
PUSD(MR CROWLEY)
WED
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
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