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MR. GOODLAD'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: PRESS INTEREST.
FROM GOVERNOR.
1. WE ARE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY ON THE PRESS COVERAGE OF MARTIN LEE'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND MR. GOODLAD'S INTERVIEW WITH RTHK. IN BOTH, THE SUBJECT OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT WAS STRONGLY FEATURED. DEMOCRACY AND THE STATUS OF MARTIN LEE ARE THEMES THAT THE PRESS WILL FOCUS ON DURING MR. GOODLAD'S VISIT. THEY ARE, AS YOU KNOW, SENSITIVE ONES FOR THE CHINESE, AND THE PRESS WILL MAGNIFY ANY CHINESE RESPONSE.
2. IT WOULD THEREFORE BE SENSIBLE IF MR. GOODLAD WERE ABLE TO
PUT THESE ISSUES IN PERSPECTIVE ON ARRIVAL OR EARLY ON IN HIS VISIT. THE POINTS THAT HE MIGHT MAKE ARE:
(A) TO LINK THE SUBJECT OF INCREASING THE SPEED OF DEMOCRATIC
DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S COMMITMENT IN 1990 TO DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT WITH THE CHINESE BEFORE 1995.
(B) TO MAKE THE POINT THAT MARTIN LEE IS NOT THE ONLY HONG
KONG POLITICIAN WHOM THE PRIME MINISTER HAS MET. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SEEN LADY DUNN SEVERAL TIMES AND MET MEMBERS OF EXCO IN LONDON IN DECEMBER 1990 AND DURING HIS VISIT TO
HONG KONG LAST SEPTEMBER.
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