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GPS 160
UNCLASSIFIED
FM BONN 051710Z SEPTEMBER 79
TJORITY HONG KONG
TMGRAM NO 10 OF 5 SEPTEMBER
AND TO ROUTINE FCO
HKK 243/1
1665
RECENES IN REGISTRY #O.
- 7 SEP 1979
INFO ROUTINE HAMBURG, STUTTGART, DUESSELDORF, AND MUzict
&
OUR TELNO 507 TO MUNICH: PUBLICITY IN THE FRG ABOUT HONG KONG
REFUGEEST
see (1663A
1. REPLIES FROM POSTS TO OUR TUR HAVE INDICATED THAT JOURNALISTS FROM ALL THE ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED, EXCEPT SUED-WEST PRESSE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG ON 18 SEPTEMBER. IT WOULD THEREFORE SEEM BEST FOR THEM TO TRAVEL AS A GROUP, PERHAPS BY FLIGHT LH 660 (ETD FRANKFURT 1715 18 SEPTEMBER, ETA HONG KONG 1625 19 SEPTEMBER). IR THRON OF SUED-WEST PRESSE (STUTTGART TELNO 403) MIGHT THEN TRAVEL OUT ON HIS OWN AFTER 22 OCTOBER. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THIS IS ACCEPTABLE.
2. ON PROCEDURE, WE RECOMMEND THAT POSTS BE AUTHORISED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO MEET THE COSTS OF THE NECESSARY AIR TICKETS AGAINST EVENTUAL REPAYMENT BY HONG KONG. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR AN INDICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE LIKELY PROGRAMMS FOR THE VISIT, INCLUDING AN IDEA OF WHEN THE PARTY OF JOURNALISTS CAN EXPECT TO LEAVE HONG KONG. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY
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