TNAG-1498-FCO40-2056-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 97

GYTI OM VEPRUN WRO ́WUT VETELOPED TO

THE POINT WHERE, IN FOLLOWING UP LI PENG'S PROPOSALS FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS (YOUR TELNO 1124 REFERS), HMG SHOULD CONSAIDER WHETHER TO CONVEY THIS ASSESSMENT OBJECTAVELY TO CHMESE. THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE GETTING THE SAME STRONG MESSAGE INFORMALLY FROM OTHER SOURCES. MINUSTERS WILL NO DOUBT ALSO WISH TO CONSIDER WHETHER THEY SHOULD GO FURTHER AND POINT OUT THE POLITICAL BENEFITS THAT COULD BE OBTAINED IN HONG KONG OF THE CHINESE WERE TO DECHOE NOW TO MOVE THE PROJECT FROM DAYA BAY OR TO CONVERT HIT TO A THERMAL STATION (MY TELNO 1726 REFERS).

1. ✯ RECOGNISE THAT THESE ARE LARGE HSSUES: AND THENR AMPLACATIONS MM THE WIDER CONTEXT OF ANGLO-CHINESE PELATNONS, AND FOR DOMEST4C UK OPAMMON ON NUCLEAR MSSUES CANNOT BE #GNORED. BUT OPPOSITION TO DAYA BAY BASED ON GENUINE FEAR OF THE DANGERS TO HONG KONG #S NOT GOING TO DISSIPATE: AND BOTH HMG AND THE CHINESE WILL NEED TO GIVE DUE WEIGHT TO THAT FACT.

5. #: HAVE NOT AS YET DISCUSSED THE ABOVE WITH THE EXECUTANE COUNCIL. #F YOU WISH, H COULD DO THIS NEXT TUESDAY.

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