GR 195 TINCT.ASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 240250Z AUG 79
TO PRIORITY BONN
TELNO.6 OF 24 AUGUST,
MCK Bu3/1
DESA
INDER
2 8 AUG 1979
REGISTRY Action Taken
INFO PRIORITY: C.G BERLIN, BMG BERLIN, DUSSELDORF
DUSSELDORF, FRANKFURT, HAMBURG, HANOVER, MUNICH, STUTTGART,
ROUTINE : F.C.O.
YOUR TELNO.445 (TO F C 0): PUBLICITY IN FRG ABOUT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
1. THREE JOURNALISTS, TWO FROM TOKYO (HUSBAND AND WIFE) AND ONE FROM SYDNEY, HAVE BEEN INVITED TO HONG KONG TO REPORT ON THE CURRENT REFUGEE SITUATION. PETER CROME IN TOKYO WRITES FOR A NUMBER OF GERMAN NEWSPAPERS AND HIS WIFE CAN USUALLY OBTAIN COMMISSIONS FOR DER SPEIGEL. THE SECOND, MR ERHARD HAUBOLD IS I THE CORRESPONDENT FOR FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG AND IS BASED IN SYDNEY. BOTH HAVE BEEN INVITED TO HONG KONG BEFORE AND ARE
WELL KNOWN TO US.
ee(1648)
2. WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO INVITE - FOUR TO SIX CORRESPONDENTS FROM FRG TO COME TO HONG KONG EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP. IN ADDITION WE COULD ACCEPT ONE T.V CREW OF TWO, OR THREE IF ESSENTIAL, WE SEEK YOUR ADVICE AS TO WHO MIGHT COME AND WHEN. THE OFFER WOULD INCLUDE AIR FARES AT ECONOMY RATES AND ACCOMMODATION
IN FIRST CLASS HOTELS COVERING BED AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, WE VISUALISE THE JOURNALISTS HAVING FOUR TO FIVE WORKING DAYS IN HONG KONG. MACLGHOsk,
FILES
SEAD
HK & GD
FS
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
UND
FED
EESD
NAM D
SAD
MAED
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD NEWS D MVD WED.
FS/LPS P3/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF .
HR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOK
MR FERGUSSON
KR FRETVELL
BOAT PEOPLE