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YOUR TELNOS 1877 AND 1878 DAYA BAY : EXCO WHSINT TO LONDON.
WE ARE GENERALLY CONTENT WITH YOUR REVISED DRAFT LINE FOR UK
MINISTERS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
2. THE SECOND SENTENCE OF PARA 4 IS OTISE AND COULD BE MISREPRESENTED MTHE ARGUMENT FOLLOWS EQUALLY WELL WITHOUT IT.
3. WE ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 6 SHOULD BE OMITTED,' AND THAT PARAGRAPHS 7 AND 8 SHOULD BE COMBINED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
"'7. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THAT THE FRENCH HAVE A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL RECORD *N DESIGNING AND BULDING PWR REACTORS AND AN UNCHALLENGEABLE SAFETY RECORD. THEY HAVE BUILT REACTORS IN MANY COUNTRIES #NCLUDING BOTH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES LIKE BELGIUM AND MORE DISTANT COUNTRIES LIKE KOREA. WE HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT THAT- THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT WILL BE TO THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SAFETY. HAD WE SEEN ANY REASON TO DOUBT THIS IN THE COURSE OF OUR FREQUENT AND CLOSE EXCHANGES WITH THE FRENCH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS WE WOULD NATURALLY HAVE TAKEN THE MATTER UP WITH
THEM ON OUR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG''.
4. WE BELIEVE THE REWNSED FORM WILL IMPORVE THE PRESENTATION.
*F IT IS ACCEPTED, THE EXISTING PARAGRAPH 9 OF TUR BECOMES PARAGRAPH 8.
5. # SUGGEST # SHOULD TRY THE DRAFT OUT ON MEMBERS OF EXCO N
LONDON EARLY NEXT WEEK TO ENSURE THAT THEY TOO AGREE THAT IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL.
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