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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
Telephone 01-
N J Cox Esq
PARIS
British Embassy
LAKD
RECEIVEL
REGISTRY
2 5 MAR 1987
CICER
270 2651
Mex 26/3
Your reference
Our reference HKK 301/1
Date 25 March 1987
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Den N
Nigel,
HONG KONG: PRESS FREEDOM
1.
Thank you for your letter of 24 March. I think the guidance you need is adequately covered in the Secretary of State's response to recent expressions of concern over the legislation from the Vice Chairman of Times Newspapers and the Foreign Correspondents Club (Hong Kong). A copy of the text of the Secretary of State's reply to the former is enclosed.
2.
to
As background I am enclosing a copy of Hong Kong's recent guidance telegram
their Overseas offices on this (rather complicated) issue: it also contains a (much more detailed) line to take.
3.
I hope this helps:
despatched in some
haste to catch
today's bag!
C
Yn fwr Click
CE Leeks
Hong Kong Department
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