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GRS 1775
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 121035Z JAN 79
TO IMMEDIATE BONN
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1 OF 12 JANUARY
INFO F C O (FOR HKGD AND UND)
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HKK 243/1
RECEIVED IN 22GSITY NO. 51
15 JAN1979.
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YOUR TELNO 1: REQUEST BY BAVARIAN TV TO FILM ASPECTS OF THE
VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG.
1. IF BAVARIAN TV SENT A TEAM HERE, THEY WOULD GET ALL THE HELP USUALLY GIVEN TO LOCAL TV NETWORKS. HOWEVER, WE WOULD NOT LIKE THEM TO COME UNDER THE MISAPPREHENSION THAT, THEY COULD EXPECT SPECIAL TREATMENT. THERE IS, FOR INSTANCE, NO QUESTION OF THEM BEING ABLE TO BOARD THE 'HUEY FONG'' OR TO TALK TO ITS MASTER. MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THEY WISH TO INVESTIGATE ARE ONES TO WHICH WE OURSELVES DO NOT HAVE COMPLETE ANSWERS..CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THIS DEPLORABLE TRAFFIC IN HUMAN LIVES COULD, IN ANY CASE, ONLY
BE PROPERLY COVERED IN VIETNAM.
- 2. WE APPRECIATE THE MOTIVES FOR BAVARIAN TV'S REQUEST AND WE
ARE, IN PARTICULAR, AWARE OF THE WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN THE FRG IN THE PROBLEM OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM. IF THEY DECIDED TO COME WE WOULD GIVE THEM EVERY POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE. SORRY WE COULD NOT
REPLY SOONER.
MACLEHOSE
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