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YOUR TELNO. 858: DAYA BAY: LEGCO PANEL'S VISIT TO PEKING 1986

HON. WONG PO YAN, THE CONVENOR OF THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP ON THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT WROTE TO US ON 29 DECEMBER 1986

ASKING US TO ENQUIRE OF THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WITH HONG KONG

PARTICIPATION, TO ADVISE CHINA ON MATTER RELATING TO THE DAYA BAY PLANT. DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER RAISED THE MATTER WITH MR. JI

SHAOXIANG OF THE NCNA ON 27 JANUARY 1987. HE SAID THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LEGCO DELEGATIONS HAD RAISED THE MATTER WITH VICE-PREMIER

LI PENG AND THAT HE HAD AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO CONSIDER IT. WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR BOTH SIDES TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE

SUGGESTIONS OF THE LEGCO DELEGATIONS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE

TO SAY TO LEGCO THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAD TAKEN THEM FULLY ONBOARD

JI UNDERTOOK TO RELAY THISO TO PEKING.

2. WE HAVE SO FAR HAD NO OFFICIAL REPLY TO THE ENQUIRY, BUT MR.

LI RUOHE OF NCNA TOLD DPA PRIVATELY ON 28 MARCH THAT HE THOUGHT THE

PROPOSAL HAD BEEN AGREED IN PRINCIPLE BY THE CHINESE. WE

SUBSEQUENTLY NOTED THAT VICE-PREMIER LI PENG SPOKE ON THE DAYA BAY

PROJECT IN A PRESS CONFERENCE OVER THE WEEKEND (28/29 MARCH). AS

REPORTED IN PEKING'S TELNO. 532, MR. LI SAID THAT CHINA SUPPORTED HONG KONG'S ESTABLISHMENT OF A DAYA BAY SAFETY ADVISORY BODY, AND HOPED TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH IT. WE SUSPECT THAT MR. LI WAS REFERRING TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROPOSED BY THE LEGCO

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FACT-FINDING DELEGATIONS. IN THE LIGHT OF THIS, WE DO NOT (NOT) THINK WE NEED RAISE THE MATTER IN PEKING, AT LEAST NOT AT THIS STAGE.

3. DPA ALSO RAISED WITH MR. JI OUR OWN PROPOSAL(TAKING UP ONE OF THE LEGCO OBSERVATIONS) FOR DEVELOPING CROSS BORDER LIAISON ON CONTINGENCY PLANNING TO DEAL WITH ACCIDENTS AT DAYA BAY. NCNA ASKED FOR MORE DETAIL OF WHAT WE HAD IN MIND AND DPA GAVE LI RUOHE

AN INFORMATION NOTE ON 28 MARCH. COPIES OF THE INFORMATION NOTE AND THE RELEVANT FILE MINUTES ON DPA'S CONTACTS WITH THE NCNA WILL

BE SENT TO AND PEK

BE SENT TO YOU AND PEKING BY BAG.

CONFIDENTIAL.

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