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INFO IMMEDIATE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, HONG KONG

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MY TELNOS 907, 915 AND 916: NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA

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I SPENT ABOUT TEN MINUTES TALKING TO VICE PREMIER LI PENG AT THE ITALIAN NATIONAL DAY PARTY ON 2 JUNE.

2. LI SAID THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS (HE DID NOT SPECIFY THEIR NATURE) THAT THERE WAS GROWING ANXIETY IN HONG KONG ABOUT THE USE OF NUCLEAR POWER TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND GROWING OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT DAYA BAY. WHAT WAS MY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION?

3. I SAID THAT I HAD READ IN THE PRESS OF ANXIETY IN HONG KONG IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DISASTER AT CHERNOBYL. BUT I COULD NOT GIVE HIM

HOWEVER A PRECISE ESTIMATE OF THE STRENGTH OF SENTIMENT. I COUL, ASSURE HIM THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND GEC WERE AS STRONGLY COMMITTED AS EVER TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POWER STATION AT DAYA

BAY.

4. LI SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT WITH MINISTERS IN LONDON. HE ALSO SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH THEM THE STRENGTH OF ANTI-NUCLEAR SENTIMENT IN THE UK. I SAID I WAS SURE THAT MINISTERS WOULD BE READY TO TALK TO HIM ON BOTH SUBJECTS.

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