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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE DTI
TELNO OTTER 109
OF 07091OZ JUNE 88
AND TO ROUTINE PEKING
AND TO SAVING SHANGHAI
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HKD 306
110575 MDLIAN 3121
FOR ABBOTT OT2/2D
FROM O'BRIEN
YOUR TELNO OTTER 94 ''THE LONDON SCREENING''
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7-13 NOVEMBER 1988
I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO INVITATIONS BEING EXTENDED TO REPRESENTATIVES OF GUANGDONG T.V. WHICH COVERS ONE OF THE MOST PROSPEROUS PROVINCES IN CHINA AND MAY HAVE MORE MONEY THAN MOST TO SPEND ON PROGRAMMES.
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ON THE OTHER HAND THE MAJORITY OF VIEWERS IN CANTON AND THE PEARL RIVER DELTA ARE GLUED TO HONG KONG T.V AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, WHICH HAS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF ITS CHINESE LANGUAGE CHANNELS BROADCASTING ALMOST ENTIRELY IN CANTONESE. THEREFORE IF PART OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESENT EXERCISE IS TO OBTAIN MAXIMUM EXPOSURE FOR UK PROGRAMMES TO AUDIENCES WHO NORMALLY HAVE LIMITED OPPORTUN- ITIES OF WATCHING SUCH MATERIAL, THEN PEKING AND SHANGHAI MAY SEEM PREFERABLE TARGETS.
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FINALLY, THOUGH THERE MAY BE PERFECTLY CONVINCING ADMINIS- TRATIVE REASONS FOR INVITING THE CHINESE TO THE SOVIET/EAST EUROPEAN SHOWING, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO BE INCLUDED IN A SCREENING ARRANGED FOR THEIR FELLOW ASIANS, IF ANY SUCH EVENT IS CONTEMPLATED.
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MY RATING OF IMPORTANCE FOR GUANGDONG WOULD BE B TO C.
HAYWARD
PEKING PLEASE PASS SAVING TO SHANGHAI
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