FORWARD PRESS PLAN: MR PATTEN
(i) Mr Patten was interviewed on "Frost on Sunday" on
Sunday 10 May.
(ii)
(iii)
Mr Patten and his family gave an extensive background
briefing to David Wallen (SCMP) and Rosemary Langford
(ODN) on Monday 11 May for a personal profile. The SCMP and ODN published articles on Wednesday 13 May.
Mr Patten will not be doing any more interviews relating to Hong Kong for the time being. He will
consider, nearer the time of his departure, how best
to handle media coverage of policy questions.