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Mr Leeksem

Sir E Youde

DAYA BAY: SAFETY

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HKK 166/1

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A 1.

317

Further to our telno 1511 to Hong Kong Sir E Youde

has asked for clarification of what action

authorised us to take vis-à-vis Daya Bay.

B

2.

Ministers have

(173)

In the light of Hong Kong Telno 1936 we sought and

obtained the Secretary of State's agreement that our

immediate aims must be two-fold:

C

D

(a)

(b)

to demonstrate that HMG and the French Government

are doing everything possible both to bring home to the Chinese the extent and implications of Hong Kong

concerns, and to encourage them to respond by demonstrating the highest commitment to safety

considerations;

to assist the Hong Kong Government in allaying

public concern within the territory.

subsequently wrote to Mr

3. The Secretary of State

Channon, the Prime Minister and other Cabinet colleagues to

draw their attention to the need for officials of those

Whitehall Departments involved in nuclear power matters to

give the very highest priority to the issue

In his

minute the Secretary of State also made the point in Hong

Kong Telno 1973: that there will be a political price to

pay for the continuation of the project in terms of

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