OCMIAN 9866
CONFIDENTIAL
DD 10010OZ HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
0917OOZ JAN
GRS 355
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 100100Z HONG KONG
TELNO 57
OF 09170OZ JANUARY 87
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LU IN REGISTRY
13 JAN 1987
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REGISTRY
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YOUR TELNO 92: ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW GOVERNOR: MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS
1.
WE ARE CONTENT TO ACCEPT YOUR ADVICE ON ALL POINTS
COVERED IN TUR. WE ARE PLANNING THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE
MADE AT 09OOZ ON WHATEVER DAY IS CHOSEN. AT THAT TIME IT WILL
ALSO BE ANNOUNCED THAT FURTHER PRESS CONFERENCES AND INTERVIEWS
WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THE SAME DAY.
2.
WE SHALL TRY TO ARRANGE THE SATELLITE-LINK PRESS
CONFERENCE AT 11.30z. SINCE THIS MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS TO SET UP,
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DESIGNATE A SINGLE OFFICER IN GIS WHO
WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS DISCRETLEY WITH THE
COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG, OR MUST WE ASSUME THAT
AS SOON AS WE TRIGGER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LINK, THE DATE OF THE
ANNOUNCEMENT WILL LEAK?
3.
WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ALLOW THE BRITISH TELEVISION NETWORKS
TO LINK IN TO THE SATELLITE PRESS CONFERENCE. WE ASSUME THAT THE
CONFERENCE WOULD BE CHAIRED IN HONG KONG BY THE DIRECTOR OF
INFORMATION SERVICES.
4.
WE ENVISAGE THAT AT 12.00 OR 12.15 ON THE DAY OF THE
ANNOUNCEMENT, THE NEW GOVERNOR WOULD GIVE SHORT INTERVIEWS TO ANY
OF THE HONG KONG TELEVISION AND RADIO NETWORKS WHO HAD TEAMS IN
LONDON ON THE DAY. LATER THE SAME DAY, PROBABLY AT 14.00, HE
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