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(vi)
and key members of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
would help.
Mr McLaren, as HMA-designate Peking, would be an
excellent candidate to talk to the diplomatic
correspondents.
It would obviously be very helpful if the Secretary of
State was able to see some of the more important
editors and writers himself. I doubt that he will have
time for many and I would suggest that, at this stage
at least, he should concentrate on Simon Jenkins (Times), Peter Jenkins (Independent), John Gittings. (Guardian) and either Max Hastings or Simon
Scott-Plummer (Telegraph).
(vii) We would then need to plug the gaps. It would
certainly be very useful if you were to talk to Ronnie
Spark, who is about to go to Hong Kong.
In addition to this, it would indeed make sense for the
Secretary of State to do one or two radio/TV interviews just before Easter and for someone again to brief the diplomatic correspondents, especially any covering the visit.
Briefing
7.
For much of this we shall need some very good briefing material, including on the Dalai Lama.
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