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TELEGRAM NUMBER 796 OF 2 SEPTEMBER
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
VISIT OF MR. JOHN NOTT
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WE HAVE LEARNT FROM JSPRS THAT MR. NOTT IS NOT INTENDING TO GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE OR INTERVIEWS HERE. IN OUR OPINION THIS WOULD AT LEAST BE LIABLE TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD, HE HOLDS A SENIOR PORTFOLIO, IS KNOWN HERE FROM PREVIOUS VISIT. HIS VIEWS ON THE DCA, PATROL BOATS AND EVEN ''SPEARHEAD'' ARE LIKELY TO BE SOUGHT BY THE MEDIA TO SAY NOTHING OF WIDER INTERESTS SUCH AS NATIONALITY.
2. IT MIGHT PROVE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE IF HE GIVES NO PRESS CONFERENCE. WE SUGGEST HE GIVES ONE, AT THE END OF HIS STAY. MOREOVER, ON ANY TRIPS TO E.G. THE BORDER, WE HOPE THAT FACILITIES FOR LOCAL JOURNALISTS CAN BE PROVIDED AS WELL AS FOR THE OVERSEAS PARTY.
3. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD MAKE THESE POINTS TO MOD ON OUR BEHALF. GRATEFUL TOO FOR NAMES OF JOURNALISTS ACCOMPANYING MR. NOTT, SO THAT WE CAN PLAN ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS IF APPROPRIATE.
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