TNAG-1498-FCO40-2056-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 42

OCMIAN 6497

CONFIDENTIAL

DD 28020OZ HOKON

RR HKBTC

нки

166/7

2 LES

IDOS JOI

(194€

CONFIDENTIAL

£

FM FCOLN TO HOKON

271630Z JUN

GRS 687

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO DESKBY 280200Z HONG KONG

TELNO 1276

OF 271630Z JUNE 86

AND TO DESKBY 280200Z PEKING, DESKBY 281000Z PARIS INFO ROUTINE UKDEL IAEA VIENNA, BTC HONG KONG

46497

-

1

YOUR TELNO OTTER 3: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR SAFETY

1. BENJAMIN CHAIRED A MEETING THIS MORNING TO DEBRIEF FCO AND D/ENERGY ON HIS DISCUSSIONS IN PARIS WITH FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND EDF, ALREADY SUMMARISED TO YOU IN OTTER 136 OF 26 JUNE, AND TO CONSIDER THE NEXT STEPS. NOT REPORTED IN THAT TELEGRAM WAS THE

AGREEMENT REACHED IN HIS DISCUSSIONS ON THE NEED

FOR COORDINATION ON TECHNICAL

ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND ON POLITICAL ASPECTS TO ENSURE THAT ANY PARTICULAR LINE OF QUESTIONING RECEIVES THE SAME

RESPONSE FROM ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.

its HAVE EXPE

171

2. THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE EXPRESSED, THE STRATEGY YOU SUGGESTED

IN YOUR TELEGRAMS 1936 AND 1948 AND PEKING COMMENTS IN TELNO 1116 FORMED THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING, WHICH RECOGNISED THE NEED FOR

EFFECTIVE AND WIDE-RANGING ACTION.

HKG ACTION

3. TAKING FIRST HKG ACTION, WE SUGGEST THAT YAXLEY SHOULD EXTEND HIS

1

CONFIDENTIAL

: