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CONFIDENTIAL
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TO IMMEDIATE
TELNO 804
HICC 166/1
OF 110821Z JUNE 93
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS VIENNA, WASHINGTON, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 339 AND HONG KONG TELNO 936: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT DAYA BAY
SUMMARY
1. NO PROGRESS.
CHINESE CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, EG INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT CAUSE PUBLIC PANIC, SHOULD ONLY BE PUBLISHED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT. WE URGE THEM TO RECONSIDER
THEY MAY/MAY (BUT THEY GIVE NO SIGN OF FURTHER FLEXIBILITY). ENCOURAGE GUANGDONG TO DISCUSS ON-SITE QUESTIONS AT EARLY EXPERT TALKS EVEN IF THE CONFIDENTIALITY PROBLEM REMAINS UNRESOLVED.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
2. COUNSELLOR AND SECOND SECRETARY CALLED ON THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE COUNCIL NUCLEAR STEERING COMMITTEE OFFICE, CHEN ZENGQING, AND HIS DEPUTY, WANG FA (WHO HAS BENE UNWELL BUT RETURNED TO THE OFFICE FOR THIS CALL) TODAY, 11 JUNE. THE MEETING LASTED NEARLY 90 MINUTES (WITHOUT INTERPRETATION).
3. WE SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED ON THE LINES IN PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 792 BUT FROM CHEN'S REPLY IT QUICKLY BECAME CLEAR THAT A SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE REMAINS. THE CHINESE INSIST THAT, TO AVOID UNNECESSARY PUBLIC ALARM IN GUANGDONG AND EVEN IN HONG KONG, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SOME INFORMATION SHOULD BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND THAT HONG KONG SHOULD UNDERTAKE NOT TO PUBLISH SUCH INFORMATION WITHOUT THE GUANGDONG SIDE'S AGREEMENT.
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CHEN SAID THAT THE IAEA CONVENTION HAD CLEAR PROVISIONS ON CONFIDENTIALITY CARTICLE 5 (3)). THE CHINESE HAD CHECKED OTHER BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, EG IN EUROPE, AND FOUND THAT THE UK AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAD ACCEPTED SIMILAR PROVISIONS: THEY WERE THE INTERNATIONAL NORM. THEY ALSO APPLIED BETWEEN CHINESE PROVINCES, EG SHANGHAI AND JIANGSU. BECAUSE OF HONG KONG'S SENSITIVITY
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