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MR GOODLAD'S VISIT TO INDONESIA, 11-15 OCTOBER

SHIPMENT OF PLUTONIUM FROM EUROPE TO JAPAN (IF RAISED)

POINTS TO MAKE

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The shipment meets or exceeds all the international

regulatory standards. We do not consider it to be a

hazard.

Legal position on such shipments is clear. The shipment has the rights of innocent and transit passage.

HONG KONG (IF RAISED)

There is no difference of policy between the British and Hong Kong Governments.

Hong Kong, like the United Kingdom, is well aware of its international obligations and accepts that foreign vessels, including those carrying nuclear cargoes, have the right to exercise passage through its territorial sea in accordance with existing rules of international law)

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ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND ENERGY DEPARTMENT

1 OCTOBER 1992

/karen/PHILA/indonesia

HKD Q26/13

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