TNAG-2828-FCO40-4081-Hong-Kong-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station--Daya-Bay--China-1993 — Page 68

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 620

OF 210846Z APRIL 93

CONFIDENTIAL

HICC 166/1

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DEYESED

ESED Ambros WPDD WICKs

RECEIVED IN DOMY DOG.

21 APR 1993

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AND TO PRIORITY PAKING.

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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS VIENNA, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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OUR TELNO 563: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT DAYA BAY

SUMMARY

1. THE FIFTH ROUND OF EXPERT TALKS WAS HELD IN SHENZHEN FORM 13- 16 APRIL. WE REACHED AGREEMENT ON ALL OF THE OFF-SITE ISSUES, EXCEPT ON THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. OUR GUANGDONG COUNTERPARTS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAS TO THEM A CRUCIAL QUESTION. THEY REFUSED TO DISCUSS ANY ON-SITE MATTERS, OR EVEN TO RATIFY THE OFF-SITE ISSUES, UNTIL THIS ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. DESPITE THIS IMPASSE, THE TALKS WERE CONDUCTED IN A POSITIVE, FRIENDLY AND CO-OPERATIVE MANNER.

DETAIL

2. WE MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TALKS, AND REACHED AGREEMENT ON FOUR OF THE FIVE REMAINING ITEMS ON OFF- SITE EMERGENCIES ON OUR AGENDA:

(A) THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, AND CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION AND LIAISON:

(B) THE EXCHANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND METEORLOGICAL DATA:

(C) THE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF WATER AND FOODSTUFFS SUPPLIED TO HONG KONG: AND

(D) MUTUAL ASSISTANCE.

3. WE WERE, HOWEVER, NOT ABLE TO AGREE ON THE FIFTH ITEM, THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. THE GUANGDONG SIDE WISH TO ENSURE THAT ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US WHICH THEY CONSIDER TO BE CONFIDENTIAL (AND THEY INCLUDED ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THIS CATEGORY) WOULD NOT BE RELEASED WITHOUT THEIR PRIOR CONSENT. A COPY OF THEIR PROPOSAL BY FAX. THEY INSISTED THAT THERE MUST BE A CLEAR PROVISO IN THE AGREEMENT THAT, IF SUCH INFORMATION WAS LEAKED OR DISCLOSED WITHOUT PERMISSION, THE SIDE RECEIVING THE

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