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UNCLASSIFIED
FM BONN 0717162 SEP 79
TELEGRAM NUMBER 11 OF 7 SEPTEMBER
TO-PRIORITY HONG KONG
AND TO ROUTINE FCO
INFO DUESSELDORF
STUTTGART
16689)
HKK 2431
243)!
PIA
HAMBURG MUNICH
PUBLICITY IN THE FRG ABOUT BOAT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG 1. YOUR TELNO 9 CROSSED WITH OUR TELNO 10,
1665
see (1674)
2. WE HAVE PUT THE DATES YOU PROPOSE, 22-29 SEPTEMBER, TO THE 666) ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED. JOURNALISTS FROM THE WESTDEUTSCHE
ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG AND DPA WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL ON 22
SEPTEMBER, THOUGH THE LATTER HAVE SOME DOUBTS ABOUT THEIR MAN
REMAINING IN HONG KONG FOR A FULL WEEK, A JOURNALIST AND
PHOTOGRAPHER FROM BILD WILL PROBABLY ALGO BE AVAILABLE, THOUGH
WE HAVE NOT YET HAD CONFIRMATION OF THIS, SARTORIUS OF THE
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG IS, HOWEVER, UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL
REFORE 29 SEPTEMBER AND WILL THEREFORE HAVE TO VISIT HONG KONG
ON HIS OWN.
3. GRATEFUL FOR AUTHORITY TO MEET THE COST OF THE NECESSARY AIR
TICKETS.
WRIGHT
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& GD
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MR MURRAY
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MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR BULLARD
NEWS D
MR FERGUSSON
MVD
MR FREIWELL
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