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MINIMUM AND MADE ACCEPTABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SET STANDARDS.

VARA. 6 OF PEKING'S TELNO. 1307 S RELEVANT.) AS RECORDED IN

OUR TELNO. 2433, THERE WERE BRIEF REPORTS ON GOURITE WIDHS'S MEETHING

AND THE CALL ON CHINESE VICE PREMIER L# PENG BY THE BRITISH AND

FRENCH AMBASSADORS, BUT SUCH REPORTS SEEMED TO HAVE ESCAPED THE

NOTICE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

8. A FEW PAPERS INCLUDING THE ORIENTAL DANLY NEWS AND SING PAO

REPORTED THAT ABOUT 40 MPS HAD SIGNED A HOUSE OF COMMONS MOTION, TABLED BY MR. ROBERT PARRY, CALLING UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR THE RESTING

OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. THE PAPERS ALSO NOTED THAT

THE FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTER WITH SPECIMAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG

KONG TOLD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS

DRAWING UP PLANS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG

*IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT. SEPARATELY, THE ARTICLE IN SUNDAY'S OBSERVER CONCERNING THE ALLEGED INTERNAL

WORRIES EXPRESSED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE HARWELL

CONSULTANCY WAS PICKED UP BY THE HONG KONG STANDARD IN ITS FRONT

PAGE LEAD STORY ON 28 JULY (ALREADY FAXED TO YOU). AS STATED

IN OUR TELNO. 2441, THUS LEAD STORY HAS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE CONS- TERNATION IN HONG KONG. WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING TO SEND A SMALL

TEAM TO THE UNITED KINGDOM TO HAVE FACE TO FACE DISCUSSIONS WITH

HARWELL CONSULTANTS ON THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN RESPECT OF BOTH

RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING. SEPARATELY, WE ARE

KSSUING A PRESS RELEASE TO CLARIFY THE POSITION OF HARWELL CONSUL-

TANCY.

9. WE ARE ARRANGING FOR A SUMMARY OF MEDHA REPORTS COVERING 17

AND 23 JULY TO BE FAXED TO YOU AND PARNS. THE DISTRICT OFFICER'

WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORTS COVERING THE SAME PERIOD, WILL FOLLOW

BY BAG TO YOU, PEKING AND PARIKS.

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