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TELEGRAM NUMBER 001 OF 24 JANUARY
INFO ROUTINE FCO
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: CHIMAWAN CAMP,
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1. TODAY'S BONN GENERAL ANZEIGER CARRIES AN ARTICLE ( COPY AND TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW BY BAG ) SEVERELY CRITICISING THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR THE RECEPTION OF BOAT REFUGEES, IN PARTICULAR AT CHIMAWAN CAMP. THE ARTICLE SHOWS CLEAR SIGNS OF BRIEFING BY DEREK MAITLAND, A JOURNALIST WHO WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN TRYING
TO BRING THE SITUATION AT CHIMAWAN INTO THE LIMELIGHT.
2. THIS IS THE FIRST ARTICLE CRITICAL OF HONG KONG'S HANDLING OF THE REFUGEE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE GERMAN PRESS. ALTHOUGH. NOMINALLY A LOCAL NEWSPAPER THE GENERAL ANZEIGER IS WIDELY READ IN GOVERNMENT CIRCLES AND WE WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN TAKING ACTION TO COUNTERACT THE IMPRESSION MADE BY THE ARTICLE. GRATEFUL FOR ANY MATERIAL THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO DO SO.
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