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YOUR TELNO 2309 AND TELECON BARTON (HKD)-WHITE (PARIS): DAYA BAY:

EDF VISIT TO HONG KONG

1. EDF APPEAR TO BE LUKEWARM ABOUT VISITING HONG KONG, AND LIKELY ONLY TO RESPOND CONSTRUCTIVELY TO A REQUEST FROM EITHER

JVC (IE STONES), OR

A)

B)

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, IN THE LIGHT OF REPRESENTATIONS TO THIS END BY BE PARIS TO THE QUAI D'ORSAY.

IN EITHER CASE, A REASONED CASE WOULD NEED TO BE MADE AS TO WHY A VISIT WAS NECESSARY AT THE TIME PROPOSED.

YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER WHEN IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR AN EDF TEAM TO

VISIT HONG KONG. OUR FIRST THOUGHTS ARE THAT AN EDF PRESENCE MIGHT BE USEFUL WHEN THE LEGCO DEBATES THE RESULTS OF ITS VISITS, BUT YOU MAY HAVE OTHER IDEAS. IT WOULD SEEM TO BE USEFUL FOR YOU TO SOUND OUT STONES ON WHETHER HE WOULD BE PREPARED TO MAKE AN APPROACH, AND IF YOU JUDGE IT APPROPRIATE TO SUGGEST WHAT

ARGUMENTS HE MIGHT DEPLOY.

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2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, WE BELIEVE THAT EDF MIGHT RESPOND FAVOURABLY TO A REQUEST FROM MARIA TAM, DURING THE LEGCO VISIT TO FRANCE, THAT EDF SEND A TEAM TO HONG KONG. YO MAY THEREFORE WISH TO CONSIDER SSTING THIS TO HER.

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