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INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG, HONG KONG, PEKING

GUANGDONG NUCLEAR: DISCUSSIONS WITH FRENCH

BENJAMIN SAW RAVIER (DREE) ON 11 AUGUST.

FOLLOWING POINTS:

DISCUSSION COVERED THE

(A) PROGRESS OF COMMERCIAL NEGOTIATIONS: RAVIER DID NCT

BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY SERIOUS OUTSTANDING CONTRACTUAL PROBLEMS,

ALTHOUGH IN THE FRENCH LOAN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS THE CHINESE

HAD RAISED A POTENTIALLY AWKWARD CBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED START

POINT FOR LOAN REPAYMENTS. THE INFORMATION BEING RECEIVED BY THE

FRENCH FROM PEKING IMPLIED THAT THE CHINESE WERE ANXIOUS TO MAKE

PROGRESS ON THEIR ORIGINAL TIMETABLE.

(B) SITUATION IN HONG KONG: WE BRIEFED RAVIER ON THE PRESENT

POSITION, AND IN PARTICULAR THE POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTRACT

SIGNATURE. WE WERE ABLE TO DRAW ON PEKING'S REPORT OF THE MEETING

WITH ZHOU NAN (PEKING TELNO 1431), CONFIRMING THAT THE CHINESE

HAD BEEN GIVING THOUGHT TO THIS.

(C) FURTHER ACTION: WE TOLD RAVIER THAT OUR AMBASSADOR IN

PEKING WOULD SHORTLY BE SEEKING A MEETING WITH ZHOU PING AND

RELAYED THE MAIN POINTS. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE FOLLOWING

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