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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

INFO PRIORITY UKMIS VIENNA

TELECON HUM/GOVERNOR: NUCLEAR SAFETY: SPECIAL SESSION OF IAEA

GENERAL CONFERENCE

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A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE IS TO BE

HELD AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL BETWEEN 24 AND 26 SEPTEMBER IN VIENNA

TO DISCUSS GENERAL QUESTIONS OF NUCLEAR SAFETY. MR WALKER WILL

LEAD THE BRITISH DELEGATION.

2.

IT HAS OCCURRED TO US THAT YOU MIGHT FIND IT HELPFUL,

SUBJECT TO MR WALKER'S AGREEMENT, TO SEND AN OFFICIAL TO OBSERVE

THE PROCEEDINGS. HE WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE UK DELEGATION, BUT

WE ENVISAGE THAT THIS WOULD BE A FORMAL ARRANGEMENT AND THAT HE

WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN THE DELEGATION'S WORK.

3.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN TAKING UP

THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE CANNOT OURSELVES SEE ANY REASON WHY THE

CHINESE MIGHT OBJECT TO HONG KONG PARTICIPATION ON THIS BASIS,

BUT WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR PEKING'S CONFIRMATION OF THIS

ASSESSMENT.

4.

WE IMAGINE THAT YOU WOULD WISH TO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT

OF PUBLICITY TO HONG KONG PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE, AS

PART OF YOUR GENERAL CAMPAIGN ON NUCLEAR SAFETY MATTERS, AND

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