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1. AT THE REQUEST OF THE HONG KONG NUCLEAR INVESTMENT CO (HKNIC), WE INVITED IAEA, THROUGH UKMIS VIENNA, TO HOLD A SEMINAR IN HONG KONG WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ENHANCING THE KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER. THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD ON 21-22 MAY.
2. THE PROGRAMME WILL STATE THAT THE SEMINAR IS ORGANISED BY IAEA WHO HAVE ADVISED THAT THE REFERENCE IN THE PROGRAMME TO THE HOST SHOULD MENTION HKNIC AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OR THAT OF THE UK. IT WOULD SEEM RATHER ODD, IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, TO MENTION THE UK GOVERNMENT. WE ARE NOT A MEMBER OF IAEA IN OUR OWN RIGHT SO TO AVOID POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH THE CHINESE WE PROPOSED THE FORMULATION 'HOSTED BY THE HKNIC IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HKG'.
3. IN PROPOSING THIS, WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THAT IAEA WORKS WITH GOVERNMENTS RATHER THAN COMPANIES. HOWEVER, UKMIS VIENNA CONSIDERS THAT OUR FORMULATION DOES NOT MEET THIS POINT AND HAS
SOUGHT YOUR GUIDANCE (DICKSON'S LETTER OF 19 FEBRUARY TO US, COPIED TO HKG, FED AND ESED).
4. THE FORMULATION PREFERRED BY UKMIS VIENNA IS 'HOSTED BY THE
HKG IN COLLABORATION WITH HKNIC'. WHILE WE DO NOT FEEL STRONGLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WE DO WISH TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF CHINESE SENSITIVITIES, PARTICULARLY AS THEY ARE TO BE INVITED TO PROVIDE SPEAKERS. IF OUR FORMULATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO IAEA AS APPEARS TO BE THE CASE FROM DICKSON'S LETTER, WE WOULD BE CONTENT WITH 'ORGANISED BY THE IAEA WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HKNIC AND THE
HKG, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A HOST. HKNIC WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH THIS. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS.
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