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LETTER FROM KEVIN SINCLAIR
From: David Crystal
News Department
Date: 13 February 1991
cc: Mr Burns
Mr Paul, HKD
Problem
1. How to respond to a letter from Kevin Sinclair, a
freelance journalist based in Hong Kong complaining that
Lord Caithness did not hold a press conference or brief Hong Kong journalists.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that Lord Caithness send a reply to
Mr Sinclair along the lines of the attached draft.
Background
3.
At the end of his recent visit to Hong Kong Lord
Caithness gave briefings to separate groups of UK and local journalists instead of a large press conference which some,
including Mr Sinclair, had come to regard as customary.
4.
Mr Sinclair has already complained in similar terms to
the British Trade Commission and had a suitable reply from
Mr Osborne (copies of correspondence attached).
Mr Sinclair clearly has preconceived ideas and judging from the attached article is of a fairly unpleasant
5.
disposition.
Daviel Engelut
David Crystal
News Department
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