CIO
CC:
PS/Mr. Patten
Peter Ricketts, HKD/FCO
HK MEDIA ACCESS TO MR. PATTEN
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2.
Your minute attached.
discussed
This is to confirm
confirm that I have discussed the various requests for interviews (e.g. Ming Pao, Rex Features, TVB, ATV and John Ellison) with PS/Mr. Patten, and agreed with him that for the present at least these should be turned down by you. This, I understand, accords with the FCO News Department's views, non substantive photocalls and in-depth family profiles excepted.
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(John Yaxley)
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