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TELEGRAM NUMBER 309 OF 3 APRIL
INFO PRIORITY: HONG KONG, TOKYO, SEOUL
FROM NEWS DEPARTMENT
SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: ACCOMPANYING JOURNALISTS
446-414
1. FOLLOWING IS PROVISIONAL LIST OF JOURNALISTS ACCOMPANYING
THE SECRETARY OF STATE THROUGHOUT HIS VISIT TO THE FAR EAST.
GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CLEAR LIST WITH MFA AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE IN ORDER THAT VISAS CAN BE GRANTED IN LONDON AND
HONG KONG AS NECESSARY. AMENDMENTS MAY HAVE TO BE MADE
NEARER THE TIME. WE WILL LET YOU HAVE ANY ALTERATIONS AS
SOON AS WE HAVE THEM:
JOHN DICKIE DAILY MAIL, PASSPORT NO 333357E
GORDON MARTIN BBC EXTERNAL SERVICE, PASSPORT NO 323258E MIKE EVANS, DAILY EXPRESS, PASSPORT NO 871616D
NIGEL HAWKES, OBSERVER, PASSPORT NO 508850B
GODFREY BARKER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, PASSPORT NO 5306
DAILY
2. SIMON WINCHESTER, SUNDAY TIMES, PASSPORT NO' B080103,
WILL ACCOMPANY THE PARTY FOR THE FIRST LEG OF THE JOURNEY
ONLY
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LONDON/PEKING/HONG KONG. ACCOMODATION WILL BE
REQUIRED IN PEKING AND HONG KONG.
3.
JOHN GITTINGS, GUARDIAN, PASSPORT NO 005019C WILL ALSO COVER
LONDON/PEKING/HONG KONG. ACCOMODATION WILL BE REQUIRED IN PEKING
AND HONG KONG.
4.
BBC TELEVISION NEWS WOULD LIKE THEIR FAR EAST TEAM,
BASED IN HONG KONG, TO JOIN THE PARTY IN PEKING AND ACCOMPANY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM PEKING TO HONG KONG AND
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