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MR LUCE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG : 24 TO 28 SEPTEMBER 1983
BRIEF NO 10 : BBC FAR EAST RELAY STATION
POINTS TO MAKE (DEFENSIVE)
1.
Grateful for Hong Kong Government's agreement to make Tsang Tsui
site available in Hong Kong at cost (in local parlance "at nil premium"). Hong Kong is likely to benefit from Relay Station, for
example by receiving BBC services much more clearly locally.
2. We attach considerable importance to earliest possible
construction of Relay Station. Designed to improve the quality of BBC's signal in region, particularly in North East China, Korea and
Japan.
3. (If raised) No sign of adverse Chinese reaction. [For use with
officials or EXCO only] They have not seemed to object to BBC
broadcasts in recent years and we doubt if they will fasten on this.
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