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MY TELNO 061 OF 15 NOV: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: PUBLICITY
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1. AS YOU WILL KNOW THAMES TV ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING A PROGRAMME ON BOAT PEOPLE FOR ''THIS WEEK'' PETER GILL IS CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG AND MICHAEL CHRISMAN IS HERE. FILMING TAKES PLACE AT END OF MONTH.
2. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION ARE EXPRESSING INTEREST IN BROADCASTING PROGRAMME ON VIETNAMESE TV. HAVING SPOKEN TO CHRISMAN I ASSESS THAT THIS WOULD BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE PARTICULARLY IF GOOD SHOTS OF DETENTION CENTRES AND SCREENING PROCESS COULD BE INCLUDED. IN THIS CONTEXT HE HAS ASKED ME TO RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT THAMES TV CREW BE GIVEN GOOD ACCESS TO THESE AREAS. I UNDERTOOK TO PASS ON MESSAGE.
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