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Guangdong Nuclear Power Station

The Prime Minister has noted the minute of 28 July by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and, in particular, Mr. Pym's conclusion that the economic and political advantages of co-operation with China on a project of this scale outweigh the non- proliferation concerns.

The Prime Minister was relieved to see this conclusion because, so far as she is aware, the extensive earlier correspondence about the project at no point suggested that there was any possibility of abandoning proposals for UK participation on non- proliferation grounds.

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Francis Richards, Esq.,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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