BAY. TO DO SO WOULD MORE LIKELY HAVE A NEGATIVE THAN A POSITIVE
IMPACT ON HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. THE MEASURED COURSE
WE ARE PURSUING HIS HAVING A CALMING EFFECT AND WE MUST CONTINUE
WITH NIT.
5. N AMPLIFICATION OF THE DEFENSIVE MATERIAL HN PARAGRAPH 11 OF YOUR TELNO 828 + WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT :
(A) #NT HIS FOR HKG TO JUDGE HOW BEST TO HANDLE PUBLIC OPINION MIN HONG KONG.
(B) HKG HAS OPTED FOR A LOW KEY APPROACH, AT THE SAME THME URGING THOSE DIRECTLY CONCERNED IN THE PROJECT TO RELEASE AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
(C) THE SIGNS ARE THAT THIS IS WORKING AND THAT PUBLIC CONCERNS
ARE COOLING.
(D) IF THE HKG/BRITISH GOVERNMENT WERE TO USE ALL OUR STRENGTH AND *INFLUENCE' TO TRY TO CURB THE ANTI-NUCLEAR MOVEMENT THERE WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS WOULD BACKFIRE AND THAT DAYA BAY CRITICS WOULD REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS. THE PROBLEM WOULD BE COMPOUNDED BY ACCUSATIONS THAT HKG/BRITISH GOVERNMENT WERE ACTING AT CHINA'S BEHEST. THIS COULD HAVE VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR CO-OPERATION
DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
(E) WE ARE THEREFORE CONTINUING WITH OUT LOW KEY APPROACH.
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6. YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT TODAY'S SCMP'S LEAD STORY S HEADLINED SECRET GOVERNMENT ALARM OVER DAYA BAY REPORT''
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COPY HIS BEING FAXED TO YOU. IT COVERS THE LEAKED MEMORANDA BETWEEN
OSBORNE AND SES (THE SAME STORY WAS CARRIED IN THE HK STANDARD
ON 28 JULY AS REPORTED IN OUR TELNO 2435). *3N ADDITION T REPRINTS
THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND MUCH OF THE TEXT OF PHASE OF THE
ACCIDENT ASSESSMENT REPORT.
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