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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2144

OF 07015OZ JULY 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING,' PARIS

NUCLEAR SAFETY : CHANA

* AM ARRANGING TO FAX TO YOU SATURDAY'S SCMP EDITORIAL ENTITLED ''JOINT SAFETY GROUP IS THE ONLY ANSWER",

2. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THIS EDITORIAL STRESSES THAT DAYA BAY

IS A FANT ACCOMPL, AND THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH NT. CHINA MUST NOW SHOW THAT ITS INTENTIONS TO BUILD THE WORLD'S SAFEST NUCLEAR PLANT ARE GENUINE AND IT MUST SEEK HELP FROM HONG KONG PEOPLE HAN ACHIEVING THIS GOAL. TO THIS END, A SAFETY COMMITTEE, WITH HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES, SHOULD BE SET UP, AND HITS PROCEEDINGS SHOULD BE IN PUBLIC.

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#AM UNABLE TO FAX THE EDITORIAL TO PEKING AND PARIS BECAUSE

M: DO NOT HAVE THEIR FACSIMILE CODES. # HOPE MY SUMMARY **N PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE PROVIDES THEM WITH SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE EDIZORIAL HIS ABOUT. WILL PEKING AND PARIS ADVISE ME OF THEMR FACSIMILE CODES SO THAT RELEVANT INFORMATION CAN BE FAXED TO

THEM IN FUTURE?

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