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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1113
OF 120855Z JUNE 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 020/14
(76)
001373
MDHIAN 8734
енный
enter
13/6
FOR NEWS DEPARTMENT.
HONG KONG FOR POLAD.
CHINA INTERNAL : PRESS ENQUIRIES
1.
I WAS TELEPHONED TODAY BY AN INDEPENDENT TELEVISION NEWS REPORTER IN HMNG KONG WHO PUT TWO QUESTIONS TO ME:
A) WHAT INFORMATION DID WE HAVE ON THE HONG KONG STUDENT SAID TO BE DETAINED IN SHANGHAI ? AND
B) COULD I COMMENT ON THE MORALITY OR PRINCIPLE OF SHELTERING
PEOPLE IN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS?
2. I SAID ON (A) THAT WE WERE MAKING ENQUIRIES AND CONFIRMED THAT THESE HAD BEEN MADE IN SHANGHAI AND WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTRY IN
PEKING.
3.
I SAID ON THE SECOND QUESTION THAT ''I DO NOT LIKE ANSWERING
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS. YOUR QUESTION IS ONE THAT RAISES ISSUES OF POLICY WHICH CAN ONLY BE ANSWERED IN LONDON''
DONALD.
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