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CHINA. YOU MAY WISH TO ASK NCNA IF THIS IS SO:
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YOUR POINT (IV): NOTED, BUT WE WOULD HOPE THAT IF THE ORGANIZERS DO DECIDE TO MAKE USE OF URBAN COUNCIL FACILITIES YOU WILL BE ABLE TO INTERCEDE AND ENSURE THAT NO DIFFICULTIES ARISE
OVER VENUES, BOOKINGS, ETC:
(D) YOUR POINT (V): WHILE THE POINT IN PARA 4 OF YOUR TUR IS NOTED, WE FEEL THAT OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER IS A LITTLE LATE FOR WHAT THE CHINESE ARE PROPOSING. WE THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME ADVANTAGE (DEPENDING ON CONTENT) IN A CHINESE PRESENTATION IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH WOULD PRESUMABLY BE AROUND THE TIME THAT THE UMELCO REPORTS WILL BE PUBLICISED. WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT, AFTER ALL OUR URGINGS ON THE NEED FOR THEM TO BE SEEN TO MEET HONG KONG PEOPLE'S CONCERNS ON DAYA BAY, THE CHINESE WILL BE CONFUSED BY OUR NOW APPEARING TO SUGGEST THAT THIS HELPFUL INITIATIVE ON THEIR PART SHOULD BE DELAYED. WE WOULD THEREFORE SEE MERIT, IF YOU AGREE, IN YOUR MAKING A FURTHER APPROACH TO NCNA TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF A PRESENTATION DURING
SEPTEMBER.
3.
WE ARE NOT SURE FROM TUR HOW OR IN WHAT FORM THE NCNA PROPOSAL HAS REACHED YOU, OR BY WHAT MEANS YOU INTEND TO REPLY. BUT IF YOU AND PEKING SEE NO OBJECTION WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR PEKING TO INCLUDE REFERENCE TO THE NCNA'S SUGGESTION IN THEIR FORTHCOMING APPROACH TO THE CHINESE (OUR TELNO 1670), WELCOMING THE CHINESE PROPOSAL AND MAKING BRIEFLY THE POINTS
SUMMARISED IN YOUR TUR AS AMENDED BY PARA 2 ABOVE.
4. PARA 4 OF TUR: THIS IS AN INTERESTING COMMENT ON WHICH WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ELABORATION. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT OF HOW AND WHY HONG KONG PUBLIC OPINION IS CHANGING IN THIS WAY, AND YOUR VIEWS ON HOW PUBLIC ATTITUDES TO THE PROJECT ARE NOW LIKELY TO DEVELOP.
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