CYPHER/ CAT A.
ROUTINE
ΤΟ
HONG KONG.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 128.
RESTRICTED
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
25 FEBRUARY
1970.
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39
RESTRICTED
FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY.
YOUR TEL. 139. SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.
I AGREE LUNCH WITH FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB SHOULD BE REFUSED.
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES HERE WILL CONVEY YOUR MESSAGE
TACTFULLY TO NELAN.
2.
20 TO 30 MINUTES WITH THE PRESS BEFORE DEPARTURE SHOULD BE
AMPLE, AND THIS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR IN THE PROGRAMME.
3. THERE IS AN ORGANISED PRESS ROOM AT THE AIRPORT FOR INTERVIEWS
SUCH AS THIS, WHICH ARE A FREQUENT OCCURENCE IN VIEW OF THE NUMBER
OF PROMINENT PERSONALITIES CONSTANTLY VISITING HONG KONG.
IT IS PERFECTLY ADEQUATE FOR THE PURPOSE ALTHOUGH FACILITIES ARE
SUFFERING SLIGHTLY IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE EXTENSIVE MODIFICATIONS
TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING AT PRESENT BEING UNDERTAKEN.
4. PERHAPS 33-40 PRESSMEN, RADIO INTERVIEWERS AND SO ON ARE
LIKELY TO BE THERE, BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS.
A HANDFUL OF THEM ONLY, HOWEVER, ARE LIKELY TO MAKE MOST OF THE
RUNNING AND ARE UNLIKELY TO BE IN THE MAIN TO BE EXCESSIVELY
AGGRESSIVE.
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RESTRICTED
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
26FCE1970
HKK 22/4
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