TNAG-1498-FCO40-2056-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 72

(T) HARWELL

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10. THE KONSULTANCY CONTINUES. WE HAVE DELAYED A WISHT BY THE

CONSULTANTS TO HONG KONG UNTIL AFTER YAXLEY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO

WISHT THE UK TO MEET THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH FORMULATING

CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR CONURBATIONS (WE HAVE ALREADY TELEGRAMMED

YOU ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS WISHT), SINCE THE HARWELL CONSULTANCY IS REALLY THE ONLY OVERT ACTIWNTY BY US RESPECT OF PUBLING FEARS ABOUT DAYA BAY, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE MEDHA INTEREST IN THIS VISIT WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE

HANDLED WITH CARE. WE DO NOT PROPOSE TO ARRANGE A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING THIS WISINT, AS THE CONSULTANTS WILL HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE DEGREE OF RISK OR THE NEED FOR CONTANGENCY PLANS TWO AREAS OF INTENSE INTEREST HERE. IN ANY CASE WE WOULD NOT WANT THEM TO TALK PUBLICLY ON THESE SENSITIVE ASSUES. WE SHALL MERELY #SSUE A PRESS RELEASE COVERING THE FOLLOWING POINTS :

EXPLAINING WHY THE CONSULTANTS ARE HERE (TO COLLECT MATERIAL TO ENABLE THEM TO WRITE THEMR REPORTS)

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CONFIRMING THAT THEIR REPORTS WILL BE MADE PUBLIC: AND

SAYING THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY COLLECTING #INFORMATION.

ABOUT DETAILED CONTINGENCY PLANS USED ELSEWHERE (COVERING FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROLE OF POLICE, FARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES), AND THAT WHEN HARWELL'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON CONTINGENCY PLANNING ARE

AVAILABLE WE SHALL BE ABLE TO MESH IN THER BROAD RECOMMENDATHONS

WITH DETAILED PLANNING BASED ON HINFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE UK.

11. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WHEWS AND THOSE OF

PEKING ON THIS PROPOSED STRATEGY AND IN PARTICULAR THE TACTICS TO

BE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT, TOGETHER WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR

ADDITIONS OR REFINEMENTS.

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