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7 AUG 1985

Confidential

GRS 550

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2564

OF 080735Z AUGUST 86

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKMING

INFO PRIORITY PARKS

398

407

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OR COPY DIST?

YOUR TELNO 1679 NUCLEAR SAFETY : CHINA.

AT OUR REQUEST MO KWAN-MIN CALLED ON YAXLEY YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE LATTER SPOKE ALONG THE LINES OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF OUR TELNO 2526

TAKING CARE NOT TO BE TOO MUCH OF A WET BLANKET. HE THEN ASKED MO

HOW THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EXHIBITION WERE COMING ON. THE

FOLLOWING EMERGED.

TIMING.

2. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THE EXHIBITION SHOULD BE HELD FROM 7:

OR 8 SEPTEMBER FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. WE ENQUIRED WHETHER THIS PERS

WOULD COVER THE CONTRACT SIGNING DATES (MO APPRECIATED WHY WE HAD

ASKED) AND WERE TOLD THAT CONTRACT SIGNING WAS TO BE DEFERRED UNTIL

6 OR 7 OCTOBER BUT NO LATER THAN 7 OCTOBER. WE SUSPECT HE MAY BE

CONFUSING CONTRACT SIGNING WITH AUTHORISATION TO PROCEED.

SPONSORSHIP.

3. MO SAID THAT THE (HONG KONG) ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT

OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (AAST) WOULD CO-SPONSOR THE

EXHIBITION AND THE HONG KONG HNSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS (HKIE) WOULD

ASSIST WITH THE SUPPLY OF SUITABLE SPEAKERS FOR A LECTURE OP LECTURES

ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND SAFETY WHICH WILL BE ARRANGED IN PARALLEL

WITH THE EXHIBITION. WE HAVE HEARD SEPARATELY THAT HKHE DECLINED TO

SPONSOR THE EXHIBITION BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WISH TO BE ASSOCIATED

WITH WHAT THEY SEE AS A CHINESE PROPAGANDA EFFORT.

FUNDING.

4. NCNA AND THE SPONSORS WILL SOLICIT DONATIONS FROM PROMINENT

PERSONS *N HONG KONG TO FINANCE THE COST OF THE EXHIBITION. WE WERE ASKED TO SUGGEST NAMES OF PROMINENT PERSONS WHO MIGHT BE APPROACHED

AND FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN RESPECT OF THE HIRING OF A SUITABLE

VENUE. WE DECLINED ON BOTH COUNTS.

Confidential

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