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COREPER (AMBASSADORS): 29 MAY 1986
CHERNOBYL MISCELLANEOUS
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1. IN THE COURSE OF ITS LONG DISCUSSION ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE
EC FOOD BAN, TWO OTHER POINTS CAME UP IN COREPER TODAY:
(A) RUTTEN (PRESIDENCY) MENTIONED THAT THE PRESIDENCY WAS WORKING IN THE ATOMIC QUESTIONS GROUP TO ACHIEVE AGREED COMMUNITY PROVISIONS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS IN VIENNA. SO FAR, OTHER DELEGATIONS HAD BEEN LARGELY UNBRIEFED. HE HOPED THAT THIS COULD BE REMEDIED SOON, SO THAT THE PREPARATION OF JOINT POSITIONS COULD GO FORWARD.
(B) UNGERER (FRG) RAISED THE QUESTION OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE QUESTION OF INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE USSR TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT WAS OF COURSE A WIDE ONE WHICH NEEDED TO BE PURSUED IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT. THE COMMUNITY SHOULD. EXAMINE IT. HE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR PARTNERS VIEWS SO THAT CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO THE QUESTION FOR SOME JOINT ACTION OR SUPPORT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. RUTTEN SAID THAT THIS TOPIC WOULD BE TAKEN UP AT NEXT WEEK'S COREPER.
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PS/MRS CHALKER FCO
RENWICH FCO
SLATER FCO
EVANS ECD (E) FCO
WILLIAMSON CAB
JAY CAB
SHARP ECIP DTI
BRACKNALL ECIP DTI
ALLRIDGE MAFF
HADLEY MAFF
FRANKLIN MAFF
MASON MAFF
BIRD TSY
PONSFORD DOE
FEATES DOE
MORPHET D/EN
SMITH HS4 DHSS
FIELDER DHSS
RUBERRY DHSS
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