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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS VIENNA, WASHINGTON, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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OUR TELNO 833: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT DAYA BAY
1.
WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING OUR RESPONSE TO THE GUANGDONG SIDE ON THE QUESTION OF CONFIDENTIALITY. ONE POSSIBLE ARGUMENT WE MAY DEPLOY IS THAT, DESPITE THE REFERENCE TO CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE IAEA CONVENTION, NO SUCH PROVISIONS ARE FOUND IN OTHER BILATERAL AGREEMENTS. FOR US TO DO SO, WE MUST BE ABLE TO POINT TO BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES WHICH ARE EITHER SILENT ON THIS POINT, OR, BETTER STILL, CONTAIN SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ALLOWING THE FREE USE OF THE INFORMATION EXCHANGED IN
THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, AND THE ASSISTANCE OF VIENNA AND WASHINGTON, IN PROVIDING US WITH INFORMATION IN THIS AREA. IN PARTICULAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF INFORMATION EXCHANGED IN THE ARRANGEMENTS ON EARLY NOTIFICATION AGREED BETWEEN US AND CANADA, BETWEEN UK AND FRANCE AND BETWEEN OTHER NEIGHBOURING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE SET OUT IN BILATERAL AGREEMENTS OR IN ANY OTHER FORM. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENTS, IF AVAILABLE, WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL.
2.
OUR LEGAL ADVISERS ARE CONDUCTING SIMILAR RESEARCH HERE, DRAWING ON THE IAEA BOOK TITLED QUOTE BILATERAL, REGIONAL AND MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS RELATING TO CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR SAFETY UNQUOTE (IAEA LEGAL SERIES NO. 15, 1990). PROVIDED THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE, WE PLAN TO PREPARE A NOTE WHICH WE CAN HAND TO THE GUANGDONG SIDE, DEMONSTRATING THEIR
INCONSISTENCY.
3.
IF POSSIBLE, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A REPLY DESKBY 04090OZ.
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