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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2442
OF 290345Z JULY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, BTC HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE PARIS
350
PEKING TELNO 1352 TO FCO CHINA: NUCLEAR SAFETY
IT DOES NOT SEEM TO US THAT THE DIFFICULTIES DESCRIBED IN TUR OF SUGGESTING TO THE CHINESE (AND THE FRENCH AND GEC) THAT A TEMPORARY DELAY OF TWO OR THREE WEEKS OR SO OUTWEIGH THE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF A SEPTEMBER SIGNING FOR HONG KONG. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO CARRY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WITH US. AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE FEEL THAT EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION SHOULD TAKE PRIORITY. IN SHORT, THE LONG TERM ADVANTAGES OF BEING HELPFUL TO UMELCO OUTWEIGH THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH INDICATING TO THE CHINESE, FRENCH AND GEC THAT A SHORT DEFERMENTS IN EVERYBODY'S
INTERESTS.
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