Mr Burns
FROM:
N J Cox
HEE 182/4
DATE:
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Hong Kong Department
30 May 1991
Mr Crystal, News Dept
Mr Stone
HONG KONG AIRPORT: PRESS BRIEFING
1. You asked which journalists Mr Ehrman and Mr MacLeod briefed in Hong Kong, in particular whether The Guardian or
BBC Radio were included.
2.
Mr Ehrman tells me that the original briefing was for local newspapers, five Chinese-language and the South China Morning Post. The SCMP story accurately rendered the agreed line. He has today taken the same line with Mr James Miles of the BBC World Service. He has received no approach from The Guardian but would be happy for us to brief them or other UK media on the lines agreed.
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N J Cox
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