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SCMP dirously belowe that wropeats a foking of keeping Walle in the dave. This is total rublash. I jouratunts, of whom are must deal with hundreds
If every day, wat infonation it is led to them to call us, and are provide it. There
grands groups who get quial treatment - dptomatic caveshanduts of ty UK
who the frem, who get a daily mattributally brething; US coresponduty was gut by same ones a war; and some middle want correspondents who get half and how a for
ishlar thing every Twinrday. These brishing, were set ad by popeler dershand and are subject to particular rules. By and lage by jourdin's respect they rules of they don't
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and I sadno they know that we would either out him out, or be guarded in what are say to thim. There are no special arrangements for "Hory Kay journalists
one coundation in that metal braking sessions are reason to to make
feels, water on end
he is bring takes into the Ofpiter's confiduc. of use to the jonrating if he offeren hanshown in that the Hong Kong dress are no resplatters of that All of this is intended to show you that Waller is not singled out for special neglect. other
On the contrary. With it comes to fong Kong immer, I speak to Willes ja more ofte
ofter than to
then to Jayou
to Jayor the and thought I had a good relationsbijk
with him I
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3. I am sove Waller was disradfouted not to recuse an interreint with dad
fleather, but it was not despite repeated requests. Forly reguly recollect the iveumstances, potably because they over unrematable. Wadle rang me int the request one day, I rang him back a day or two later to say coindering it. I cannot remember whether see I put by idea to Hong Kong Departout or not. I imagine that I did, but I do recall discuming it with Ps/had bleather. We decided to twr it down a the grounds that the leviton State had said uld this was to son on the rent foking or refugeraly a few days entier (the big story at the time), and that the Mamily would have more to say to SCAP on to a you the) towards the end of his vint reftiones
and When i put all this to driller he seemed discbfounded, isturally, but the was nothing about his reaction to suggest that he would add t to "
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