CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1724
OF 23090OZ SEPTEMBER 91
нив 182/7
RECISTY
24 SEP 1991
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
82
146612
MDLOAN 4390
TOP COPY Q DIST?
FOR PS/GH FROM RICKETTS, HKD
PADS: TELEGRAM DISTRIBUTIONS
1 FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE MOU IT IS A GOOD TIME TO
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REORGANISE DISTRIBUTION OF TELEGRAMS ABOUT THE AIRPORT AT THIS
END, TO REFLECT THE PRESENT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
2. WE PROPOSE TO HAVE TWO DISTRIBUTIONS: A ''HONG KONG AIRPORT GENERAL'' AND A ''HONG KONG AIRPORT RESTRICTED
THE ''GENERAL'' WOULD GET A REASONABLY WIDE THOUGH STILL TARGETTED DISTRIBUTION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE DTI, TREASURY, ECGD AND CABINET OFFICE. IT WOULD THEREFORE BE FOR USE IN THE CASE OF INFORMATION ON AIRPORT DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WAS OF GENERAL INTEREST AND NOT OF PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY. WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD COPY SUCH TELEGRAMS TO BTC AS WELL AS PEKING AND JLG. THE ''RESTRICTED'' ONE WOULD BE LIMITED INITIALLY TO A CORE OF THOSE (IN THE FCO OR NO. 10) WITH A DIRECT NEED-TO-KNOW FOR POLICY REASONS AND WOULD THEREFORE BE FOR MORE SENSITIVE MATERIAL WITH COPIES GOING TO PEKING AND JLG, BUT NOT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE BTC. THESE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD STILL ALLOW YOU TO SEND MATERIAL IN A PERSONAL SERIES IF YOU WISHED.
3. TO ENSURE THAT TELEGRAMS GET THE RIGHT DISTRIBUTION I SUGGEST THAT THE TITLE OF THE TELEGRAM SHOULD START WITH ONE OR OTHER OF THESE DESIGNATORS. IF YOU AGREE, COULD YOU KINDLY ENSURE THAT ORIGINATORS OF TELEGRAMS AT YOUR END UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION, AND USE THE DESIGNATORS ACCORDINGLY? YOU MIGHT WANT TO LET US KNOW WHAT DISTINCTIONS AS TO INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION INSIDE THE HKG YOU WOULD MAKE IN HONG KONG.
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