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FOR WILLIAMSON, HKGD, FROM DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES.
TELCON WILLIAMSON/SLIMMING OF 22ND JUNE REFERS.
1. FOUR JOURNALISTS, DICKIE, MATHER, BULLOCH AND JENKINS ARRIVING BY RAF FLIGHT, JUNE 28TH, HAVE FULL PROGRAMME ARRANGED
FOR THEM THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES VISITS TO
THE GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD, REFUGEE CAMPS AND THE BORDER. ALSO IN
THIS PARTY ARE BBC PANORAMA AND POSSIBLY OTHERS FROM OVERSEAS.
2. THREE JOURNALISTS FROM TOKYO, GALE, WARDEN AND BUCHAN, ARRIVING
WITH THE S OF 5, WILL HAVE MISSED OUT ON THIS PROGRAMME BUT WILL BE
BRIEFED ON ARRIVAL.
3. THESE 7, PLUS BBC PANORAMA AND NEWS TEAMS, PLUS GIS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ESCORT, MEANS THAT S OF S WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PRESS PARTY NUMBERING OVER TWENTY IN AN EXTREMELY CONGESTED GOVERNMENT DOCK YARD WE WILL, OF COURSE, ATTEMPT THIS BUT IT DOES PRESENT CONTROL
DIFFICULTIES.
4. IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GET THE PRESS TO MAN KAM TO BY BUS
WHILE THE S OF S IS AT FANLING LODGE. THIS PRESENTS DIFFICULTIES
SEMI-COLON TRAFFIC CONGESTION MAY CAUSE DELAYS BUT WE WILL DO OUR
BEST.
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