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1. BARNSLEY SPOKE TO MANUEL, GEC SITE MANAGER FOR DAYA BAY ABOUT COMMERCIAL COUNSELLORS PROPOSED VISIT 21-22 SEPTEMBER. MANUEL SAID SIR BOB DAVIDSON DEP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF GEC ALSTHOM ACCOMPANIED BY

MIKE ABRAHAMS WOULD BE MAKING A ONE DAY VISIT TO DAYA BAY ON WEDNESDAY 20TH, AT END OF A TRIP TAKING THEM FIRST TO BEIJING THEN YUE YANG.

2. IT IS NOT IDEAL THAT CHAPMAN SHOULD VISIT SO CLOSE ON THEIR HEELS BUT MANUEL SAW NO DIFFICULTY IN VISIT TAKING PLACE AS SUGGESTED AND, SINCE GNPJVC SEEM HAPPY TO RECEIVE CHAPMAN AND TEAM THEN (THOUGH WE AWAIT CONFIRMATION), PROPOSE VISIT GOES AHEAD AS PLANNED.

3. MANUEL ASKED IF WE HAD RECEIVED MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT GEC AND IF GNPJVC HAD ASKED US TO CALL. BARNSLEY EXPLAINED VISIT WAS AT OUR INITIATIVE, THE NEXT IN THE REGULAR SERIES AGREED WITH GNPJVC AND GEC BUT THAT IN A SEPARATE MOVE SIR JACK CATER HAD PROMISED TRADE COMMISSION A WRITTEN LIST OF JVC'S PRESENT WORRIES (OUR TELNO OTTER 170), WHICH NO DOUBT WOULD BE BROUGHT UP DURING THE VISIT. MANUEL WAS AWARE OF THIS LIST AND SAID JVC WERE STILL DRAFTING IT. HE WAS NOT OVER WORRIED AND SEEMED TO THINK HE COULD PROVIDE BRIEFING TO COVER POINTS LIKELY TO BE RAISED. NO DOUBT GNPJVC WILL ALSO TAKE OPPORTUNITY OF DAVIDSON'S VISIT TO RAISE THEIR WORRIES/COMPLAINTS.

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