CONFIDENTIAL
174505
MDHIAN 8441
CONFIDENTIAL
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 09100OZ DTI
TELNO OTTER 104
OF 09080OZ JUNE 89
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, PARIS
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
HKC166/1
TOP COPY
Q DIST ?
FOR ADAMS, HEAD OF PEP
43
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YOUR TELNOS OTTERS 122 AND 125 DAYA BAY AND VISIT OF WANG QUAN GUO, CHAIRMAN OF GNPJVC.
1. SUMMARY
THE BRITISH AND OTHER EXPATRIATES AT DAYA BAY HAVE NOT SO FAR BEEN AFFECTED BY THE CURRENT TROUBLES, AND WORK ON THE SITE CONTINUES UNINTERRUPTED. CHINA LIGHT AND POWER (CLP) ARE CONCERNED THAT WANG'S VISIT TO LONDON IS NOT AFFECTED.
2. DETAIL
SITUATION AT DAYA BAY. STONES AND SIR J CATER VISITED DAYA BAY YESTERDAY 8 JUNE. STONES TELLS ME THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS AND
THEY SAW NO SIGN OF ANY TROUBLES. INDEED THE BORDER CROSSING WAS
EASIER THAN USUAL. THEY MET LARGE GROUPS OF THE EXPATRIATES
INCLUDING FRENCH, AMERICAN AND JAPANESE, AS WELL AS THE BRITISH. THEY FOUND THE EXPATRIATES IN GOOD HEART. THEY ASSURED THEM THAT
THE COMPANY AS WELL AS THIS POST AND OUR EMBASSY IN PEKING WERE ALERTED TO THEIR INTERESTS AND SAFETY, BUT THAT AT PRESENT THERE SEEMED NO REASON FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE AND THAT THEY NOTED WITH
SATISFACTION THAT WORK HAD NOT BEEN INTERRUPTED. AT A MEETING WITH
THE EXPATRIATES THE MAYOR OF SHENZHEN ALSO WAS PRESENT AND SPOKE AND GAVE ASSURANCES THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO TROUBLES IN THE AREA, THAT THE EXPATRIATES WOULD BE PROTECTED, AND THAT THE PROJECT WAS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. HE CLAIMED THAT THERE HAD BEEN ONLY ONE HALF DAY OF
STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN SHENZHEN WHEN THE POLICE HAD ASSISTED THE STUDENTS WITH THE ORGANISATION. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITIES WERE TO RESTORE STABILITY, TO GET THE ECONOMY RIGHT, AND TO MEET LEGITIMATE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHICH HAD BEEN NEGLECTED IN THE RECENT PAST. HE TOLD THE EXPATRIATES THAT THEIR
SAFETY AND WELFARE WHILE WORKING ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROJECT WAS OF
PARAMOUNT CONCERN TO THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.
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