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TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2868

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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, PARIS, DTI, HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON

INFO IMMEDIATE DEPT OF ENERGY

NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA.

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FURTHER TO OUR TELNO 2779, THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PALNT

REMAINED TO BE THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC ATTENTION DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 26 AUGUST AND 2 SEPTEMBER. THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ARE

DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS 2 TO 8 BELOW.

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2. THE REPORT OF THE LEGCO FACT-FINDING DELEGATIONS ON NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION WAS RELEASED ON 30 AUGUST AND IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME THE TALK OF THE TOWN. OUR TELNO. 2824 TO YOU AND PEKING DATED 1 SEPT. CONTAINED A REPORT ON THE REACTIONS TO THE LEGCO REPORT AS NOTED BY THE MEDIA. SUBSEQUENT TO OUR REPORT, THE MEDIA EXTENSIVELY RECORDED THAT ANOTHER LEGCO UNOFFICIAL, MR. LEE YU-TAI, JOINED SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES IN SAYING THAT THE REPORT WAS USEFUL. SEPARATELY,

MR. WILLIAM STONES, CHAIRMAN OF HKNIC, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT

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