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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1254 OF 24 AUGUST
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
(FOR HKG REP OFFHCES) WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BRUSSELS,
UKMIS GENEVA AND PEKYNG.
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE.
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THE INDEPENDENT PRESS HAS GIVEN PROMINENT COVERAGE TO
REMARKS MADE BY MR JACK DORMOND MP AND MR JAMES CALLAGHAN MP
WHO ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE WANCHAH! DH'STRICT BOARD YESTERDAY.
2. ALTHOUGH BOTH MPS SAND THAT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THEM
TO COMMENT ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE, THEY STRESSED THAT THEY WOULD
BE SEEKING FROM THE PRIME MINISTER WIDER DISCLOSURE OF THE
PROGRESS OF THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS. BOTH COMMENTED THAT DISTRICT
BOARDS PROVIDED GOVERNMENT A VALUABLE CHANNEL FOR THE EXPRESSION
OF PUBLIC OPINION.
3. NEITHER OF THE MAJOR COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS, TA KUNG PAO AND WEN WE: PO, COVERED THE MPS REMARKS ALTHOUGH THE TWO LESSER COMMUNIST PAPERS, CHING PO AND THE COMMERCIAL DALY, GAVE
THEM ROUTINE COVERAGE. CHING PO COMMENTED THAT BRITAIN WAS
MORE CONCERNED WITH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UK THAN THE FUTURE
OF HONG KONG.
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MR BURROWS
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MR MARTIN
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PS/LADY YOUNG
MR COLES
PS/MR LUCE
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SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
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