TNAG-1500-FCO40-2058-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 143

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TELNO 2314

OF 17043OZ JULY 86

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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, BTC HONG KONG, PARIS, UKMES VIENNA

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PEKING TELNOS 1244-1246: NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA.

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WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR TURS, AND AGREE THAT IT IS ENCOURANGING THAT L ACCEPTED THE NEED FOR A CAMPAIGN OF REASSURANCE. HOWEVER, HIS RESPONSE STILL CAUSES US SOME CONCERN:

(B) LI APPEARED TO ENVISAGE A GREATER ROLE (OR AT LEAST AS GREATE) FOR HMG, RATHER THAN THE CHINESE THEMSELVES TAKING EARLY AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES:

() L'S SUGGESTION (PARA 5 OF FIRST TUR) THAT BRITAIN AND CHINA SHOULD JOINTLY GO PUBLIC ''TO EXPRESS THEIR FIRM POSHTION WITH REGARD TO THIS ISSUE' IS NOT (NOT) NECESSARILY THE SAME AS GOING PUBLIC ABOUT CHINA'S PLANS FOR SAFETY. EVEN IF THE CHINESE SAFETY PLANS ARE PUBLICISED, L'S COMMENTS APPEAR TO SUGGEST THAT THEY WOULD FOCUS MORE ON THE HARDWARE RATHER THAN THE (HUMAN) SOFTWARE, E.G. MAINTENANCE, MONITORING, THE NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE THE ASPECTS WHICH WORRY THE HONG KONG PUBLIC MOST.

2. PARA 3 OF THE THIRD TUR: WE HAVE NOT (NOT) YET BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY REFERENCES TO THE STORY TO WHICH UI REFERRED, BUT ARE

CHECKING FURTHER.

3. PARA 4 OF THIRD TUR: WE HAVE NOT (NOT) AMENDED THE FINANCIPAL SECRETARY'S SPEAKING NOTE FOR THE LEGCO DEBATE.

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