HKK 027/12
RECEIVLU IN REGISTRY
27 FEB 1934
DENK OFFICER INDEX
PA
REGISTRY
tetion Taken
(62).
iam
24/2
GR 120
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RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG 23092OZ FEB 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 509 OF 23 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE BRUNEI (FOR PS/MR LUCE), PEKING
FCO TELNO
(59
OF 22 FEBRUARY TO BRUNEI: INTERVIEW WITH MR LUCE.
WE DO NOT QUITE SEE THE POINT OF MR LUCE GIVING AN INTERVIEW ON HONG KONG BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL HERE. MONTGOMERY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GIS IS IN REALITY NOT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT BETWEEN GIS AND THE HONG KONG MEDIA AT LARGE. SO THE ASSUMPTION IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF YOUR TEL UNDER REF MIGHT BE
UNSAFE.
2. OF COURSE, IF MR LUCE SO WISHES, WE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION
TO HIS GIVING MONTGOMERY AN INTERVIEW AFTER ARRIVAL IN HK.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ALREADY HAVE, ON OUR ADVICE (MY TELNO 486 OF 22 FEBRUARY TO YOU), TURNED DOWN JILL HARTLEY OF SCMP, THERE MAY
WELL BE A PROBLEM FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR RELATIONS WITH THE HK
MEDIA IN GENERAL, AND SCMP IN PARTICULAR, IF RTHK IS TO BE ALLOWED
TO INTERVIEW MR LUCE ON THIS OCCASION.
HADDON-CAVE
LIMITED
NEWS D.
MED
PS/MR LUCE
MR.DONALD SIR. P. CRADDOCKS.
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