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2.

A PROGRAMME ALONG THESE LINES SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE

OBJECTIVES FOR YAXLEY'S VISIT SET OUT IN YOUR TURS. PLEASE LET

US KNOW IF YOU FEEL THERE ARE FURTHER ORGANISATIONS HE SHOULD

CALL UPON.

3.

THE OFFICER IN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ARRANGING THE

PROGRAMME (MR CANNON) WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPANY YAXLEY ON AS MANY

OF THE CALLS OUTSIDE FCO AS POSSIBLE. WE THINK THAT THIS WOULD

BE HELPFUL, BUT HAVE ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM IN THAT DEN HAS, IN COMMON WITH FCO AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, VERY LIMITED FUNDS FOR SUCH TRAVEL AS THIS. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE ON THIS OCCASION FOR

HONG KONG TO MEET ANY OF CANNON'S ESSENTIAL TRAVEL EXPENSES AND

SUBSISTENCE?

4.

WE, DTI AND DEN BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL FOR

YAXLEY TO VISIT FRANCE SO THAT EDF COULD SHOW HIM FRENCH POWER

STATIONS AND GO OVER SAFETY PROCEDURES AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING

WITH HIM. EDF COULD SHOW HIM A NUCLEAR POWER STATION 8 MILES

FROM ANTWERP AND THE ASSOCIATED PLANNING FOR ACCIDENTS NEAR A

MAJOR CONURBATION. WE HAVE NOT YET RAISED THIS WITH EDF, BUT

BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO MOUNT A PROGRAMME ALONG THESE

LINES. HOWEVER, SUCH A VISIT COULD NOT/NOT BE FITTED INTO THE

WEEK 16-18 JULY, AND SO WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PLACE ON 21 JULY.

HOPE THAT YAXLEY COULD MANAGE THIS, DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES

MENTIONED IN YOUR TELNO 1901.

WE

5.

YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ROSEMARY LANGFORD (SCMP) ASKED

NEWS DEPARTMENT WHETHER YAXLEY'S VISIT WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE

CONCERN IN HONG KONG ABOUT DAYA BAY. WE REPONDED ALONG THE LINES

OF PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO 1972.

ENDS.

HOWE

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