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CONFIDENTIAL

FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2007

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OF 151603Z OCTOBER 86

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RECEIVED IN REGIST

AND TO DESKBY 160100Z HONG KONG 15 OCT 1986

FROM WILSON

DESK OF INDEX

CALL ON KE ZAISHUO: 15 OCTOBER: DAYA BAY

1. I SAID WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE STEPS THE CHINESE SIDE HAD TAKEN TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY THE RECEPTION OF THE LEGCO MISSION BY JI PENGFEI AND LI PENG. THIS HAD HELPED CALM OPINION. MOST PEOPLE ACCEPTED THAT THE POWER STATION WOULD BE BUILT. BUT THEY REMAINED CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT OVER. IT WAS

NECESSARY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN SAFETY MEASURES. THE

IDEA OF A SAFETY COMMISSION ON WHICH HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD SIT WAS

A GOOD ONE.

2. KE SAID THE CHINESE SIDE WERE CONTENT WITH THE COOPERATION THERE

MAD BEEN ON THIS SUBJECT. THEY UNDERSTOOD HONG KONG'S ANXIETIES,

WHICH WERE SHARED BY PEOPLE IN SOUTH CHINA. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO

GIVE A 100% GUARANTEE OF SAFETY BUT THE CHINESE WERE CONFIDENT THEY

HAD A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF SAFETY. THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE

SITUATION AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE INFORMATION AND REPORTS.

3. I ASKED HOW THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD MONITORED REACTION AMONG

PEOPLE IN GUANGDONG AND HOW THEY HAD EXPLAINED SAFETY MEASURES TO

THEM. KE REPLIED THAT THEY HAD USED LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER MEANS

TO GIVE DETAILED EXPLANATIONS ABOUT BUILDING THE PLANT AND ABOUT

NUCLEAR POWER.

EVANS PENDAN

0579.

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED

LIMITED

HD/HKD

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RESEARCH DEPT (FE)

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PS/MR RENTON MR GILLMORE MR WILSON

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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

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