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particularly since NNC will carry the responsibility of

adapting the Korean plant designs to the Chinese site.

Lord Kadoorie has specifically warned Lord Weinstock that

he is anxious to avoid such a "hybrid proposal under the

guise of a British package" being submitted to the Chinese;

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(4) Moreover, messages received through CLP suggest that at least

some of the Chinese authorities whose views will be influential

in any major decision are strongly opposed to an Anglo/American

package. It has been suggested that the Head of the Nuclear

Bureau intends to indicate his opposition to such a proposal

to the Embassy in Peking..

(5) Even those factions within China which favour an Anglo/American

package appear to want to buy the main components of the nuclear

island direct from the United States rather than from manufacturers

in the UK working under a Westinghouse License.

(6) Pursuing an alternative option with the Americans may encourage

the French to make an all French pre-emptive bid with the French

turbine company, Alsthom, supplying the convational island.

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