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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR POLITICAL ADVISER.
WASHINGTON TEL 17: HONG KONG: US MEDIA
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1. BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR HONG KONG, ROWLAND EVANS TOLD US THAT THE PRODUCERS OF THE EVANS AND NOVAK TELEVISION PROGRAMME WERE ANXIOUS TO SECURE A SOLID INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR, CONDUCTED BY EVANS IN HONG KONG, FOR THE PROGRAMME AIRING ON SUNDAY, 25 JUNE.
2. THE PROGRAMME AIRS ON CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN). IT HAS AN ENORMOUS POTENTIAL AUDIENCE IN THE US, AND AN ACTUAL AUDIENCE OF ABOUT 500,000 HOMES. CNN, AND IN MANY CASES THE EVANS AND NOVAK PROGRAMME, ALSO REACHES AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING IN BRITAIN, HONG KONG, JAPAN, THAILAND AND, IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, CHINA. SO THE PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET ACROSS OUR VIEWS VERY WIDELY ON HONG KONG'S CONCERNS, INCLUDING REFUGEES.
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