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3.

very reassuring.

find it more helpful

Hong Kong might find it

to have copies of the draft Resolutions which

demonstrated how the world community was looking forward and taking cooperative steps to avoid any further such

disaster.

(iii) Miss Tam asked if British experts in nuclear inspection

might be available to come and speak in Hong Kong. The Governor added that the real need was perhaps for ExCo and the Hong Kong Government to know better how nuclear

inspections worked. Dr Wilson offered a note on the British nuclear inspection system and its operation: the LegCo members could then make use of this in general terms to explain in Peking what they felt was necessary

for Daya Bay.

You are already kindly looking into (iii) above. I should be grateful if you could also consider (i) and (ii) with NED and

the Department of Energy.

4.

Mr Culshaw's minute of 9 September asks for material on Daya Bay for the Secretary of State's box this evening. It would be helpful if you could draft a self-contained note which recorded

Miss Tam's three points above, summarised our response and explained what action was being taken. You might attach to it the "observations" section of the UMELCO report, explaining that

the whole report is very long. Please consider whether any other

documentation should be submitted: I cannot think offhand of

anything very suitable.

fills in the factual

The brief

background in quite some detail.

Colten

CO Hum

10 September 1986

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