TNAG-2828-FCO40-4081-Hong-Kong-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station--Daya-Bay--China-1993 — Page 111

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS VIENNA

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YOUR TELNO 346 AND PEKING TELNO 314: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT DAYA BAY

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WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR CHEN ZENGQIAN OF THE OFFICE OF THE NUCLEAR STEERING COMMITTEE TO VISIT HONG KONG AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF PEKING COULD PURSUE THIS.

2. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN THAT SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE MAY ON THE NOTIFICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS LINKS, TWO WAY DATA EXCHANGES AND INFORMATION ON ENGINEERING CONDITIONS AT THE PLANT AS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF FIRST TUR.

3. WE ARE CONSULTING MORE WIDELY IN WHITEHALL ABOUT PUTTING THE CHINESE ON NOTICE THAT WE WOULD RAISE THE MATTER AT THE IAEA BOARD MEETING IN JUNE SHOULD WE NOT OBTAIN SATISFACTORY ASSURANCES BY MAY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE VERY UNUSUAL FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSS A BILATERAL ISSUE. THIS SUGGESTION THEREFORE RAISES WIDER ISSUES. WE ARE CONSIDERING WITHIN WHITEHALL WHETHER THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE YOU ARE REQUESTING IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE, AND WHETHER AN APPROACH TO THE BOARD IS THE BEST WAY OF BRINGING PRESSURE TO BEAR ON THE CHINESE . YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WE WOULD NOT MAKE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE EG TO THE FRENCH. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR UKMIS VIENNA'S THOUGHTS ON THESE MATTERS.

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