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TELEGRAM NUMBER 672 OF 6 APRIL
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
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- 9 APR 1984
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FOR GOULDEN, NEWS DEPT
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YOUR TELNO 323: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
1. WE SEE NO PROBLEM IN SEEKING ACCREDITATION FOR BONAVIA
AND CRABBE AS WELL AS JESSEL. HOWEVER THE RESIDENT DAILY
TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT, DAVIES, IS ALSO PRESSING FOR ACCREDITATION IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT
TRAVELLING WITH THE PARTY, AND SO ARE THE GUARDIAN AND FINANCIAL
TIMES STRINGERS, MISS O'CALLAGHAN AND BAKER.
2. WE THINK IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT TO SLIP DAVIES IN.
HOWEVER MISS O'CALLAGHAN AND BAKER ARE NOT ACCREDITED AS.
CORRESPONDENTS OF UK NEWSPAPERS HERE (BOTH ARE AUSTRALIAN, AND WORK FOR AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS), AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE
THE CHINESE WOULD ACCEPT THEIR ACCREDITATION FOR THE VISIT.
WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO PUT IT FORWARD. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS
WE SHOULD LIKE TO TELL THEM THAT WE CANNOT FORMALLY ACCREDIT THEM, BUT THAT WE WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN ANY OFF-THE-RECORD
BRIEFING WHICH YOU GIVE.
3. DAVIES, O'CALLAGHAN AND BAKER ALSO SEEK SEATS ON THE VC10
TO HONG KONG. DAVIES BELIEVES THAT IN HIS CASE THIS
HAS ALREADY BEEN AGREED IN LONDON. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR REACTIONS.
4. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHEN COTTRELL WILL ARRIVE IN PEKING FOR
HOTEL BOOKING PURPOSES.
EVANS
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