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YOUR TELNO 140: HOMC: PUBLICITY.
1. LORD CAITHNESS' ATTENDANCE AT THE HOMC IS, WE AGREE, LIKELY TO MAKE THE LOCAL MEDIA CURIOUS ABOUT THIS EVENT AND THE CONFERENCE WILL PROBABLY ATTRACT MORE PUBLICITY THAN PERHAPS IS NORMAL. A TRICKLE OF ENQUIRIES HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
2. WE WERE NOT PROPOSING TO PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE AS SUCH, BUT WE WILL NEED TO AGREE A LINE TO TAKE WHEN ANSWERING ENQUIRIES. SUGGEST LINE MIGHT BE AS FOLLOWS:
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- CONFERENCE IS A REGULAR REGIONAL MEETING. FCO PRACTICE TO BRING TOGETHER HEADS OF MISSION PERIODICALLY TO DISCUSS REGIONAL TRENDS. IN THIS CASE AMBASSADORS/HIGH COMMISSIONERS, TOGETHER WITH OFFICIALS FROM LONDON WILL BE PARTICIPATING.
HOMS SET THEIR OWN AGENDA: ON THIS OCCASION TO INCLUDE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRENDS IN PACIFIC RIM AREA INCLUDING HONG KONG AND CHINA.
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CONFERENCE TO BE OPENED BY LORD CAITHNESS AND CHAIRED BY ANDREW BURNS, THE FCO ASSISTANT UNDER SECRETARY WITH REGIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
LORD CAITHNESS WILL ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE HONG KONG PROGRAMME WHILE HERE.
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