HO. 11/18
00 DTI
GPS 200
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 183915Z
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RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51 190CT 1971
114221/2
NO DISTRIBUTION
TO IMMEDIATE DTI TELNO CREDA 71 OF 16 OCTOBER.
FOR PRICE. HONG KONG UNDERGROUND.
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1. REFERENCE YOUR CREDA 93. TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE IS ACCEPTABLE.
2. CLAGUE HAS PERSONALLY REPEAT PERSONALLY REQUESTED THAT ALL PUBLICITY IN HONG KONG INCLUDING THIS INITIAL STATEMENT SHOULD BE RELEASED BY HIS PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE HERE. HE THEREFORE ASKS YOU TO TELEX APPROVAL FROM ROSS DY 22 OCTOBER AND TO REQUEST THAT HE AIRMAILS ANY FURTHER INFORMATION WHICH CAN BE USED TO ANSWER SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS FROM PRESS HERE.
3. I AGREE WITH CLAGUE. THERE ARE FOUR TELEVISION AND FOUR RADIO CHANNELS HERE PLUS AT LEAST 20 WORTHWHILE MEWSPAPER OUTLETS. CHINESE TRANSLATION IS ALSO ESSENTIAL. I DOUBT WHETHER ECGI WOULD KNOW OF THESE CUTLETS.
4. RADIO AND TELEVISION HERE ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO SEEK INTERVIEWS AS A RESULT OF PRESS RELEASE. CLAGUE WILL DEAL WITH THIS.
5. STOCK OF PUBLICITY MATERIAL CONSIDERED OF MRAGINAL VALUE HERE, BUT OCCASIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND FEATURE ARTICLES ON LONDON UNDERGROUND COULD POSSIBLY BE PLACED. DOCUMENTARY FILMS WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL AND ALSO NEWS ITEMS OF BRITISH SUCCESSES IN THIS FIELD ELSEWHERE
OVERSEAS.
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