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GRS 200

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 2008

OF 27O83OZ JUNE 86

INFO PRIORITY PEKIING, PARKS

A9

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Akk 166/1

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PEKING'S TELNO 1099 : NUCLEAR SAFETY

792

JOO DOL

27 JUN 1986

• CHINA

WE READILY AGREE PEKING'S ADDITIONAL NUANCE TO THE STRATEGY AS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF TUR AND HOPE THAT YOU, PEKING AND PARIS WILL BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT YOU CAN TO EXERT THIS CONSTANT

PRESSURE DIRECTLY AND THROUGH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON THE CHINESE

GOVERNMENT AND THE GNPJVC.

2. AS REGARDS HKMIC, STONES HAS TO DATE SHOWN RATHER MORE INTEREST **N FURTHERING THE PROJECT THAN #F EFFORTS TO COUNTER PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO HIT IN HONG KONG. CLP HAS KEPT A VERY LOW PROFILE

WIN RECENT MONTHS AND HWN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN RELUCTANT TO DEAL WITH PRESS ENQUIRIES. IN SUM WE DO NOT THINK THAT ON PAST FORM STONES

S THE RIGHT MAN TO PUSH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND GNPJVC TO TAKE MEASURES TO ALLAY THE FEARS OF THE HONG KONG PUBLIC, ALTHOUGH THERE

ARE HINDICATIONS THAT SOME CLP DIRECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO APPRECIATE

THAT THEY SHOULD ASSUME A MORE PUBLIC POSTURE. HOWEVER, STONES HAS

BEEN AWAY FOR FOUR WEEKS DURING WHICH OPPOSITION TO THE DAYA BAY

PROJECT HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY. WHEN HE RETURNS NEXT WEEK AND HAS

BEEN BRIEFED BY HIS STAFF AND FELLOW DIRECTORS, HE MAY WELL APPREC-

MATE THAT CLP/HKNKC MUST DO A LOT MORE ON THE PUBLIC RELATIONS

FRONT BOTH HERE AND IN CHINA.

YOUDE

GUANGDONG

[COPIES SENT TO NO 10 DOWNING STREET]

LIMITED

HKD

FED

NED

TRED

PUSD MR CROWLEY)

PS

PS/MR RENTON

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR DAUNT

MR WILSON

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

GUANGDONG NUCLEAR

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