UNCLASSIFIED
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1077
OF 040917Z AUGUST 93
UNCLASSIFIED
HKA 016/1
AUG 1993
182/1
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
@
130473
MDLIAN 9232
TOP COPY Q DIST?
HONG KONG TELNO 1284:
LOCALISATION POLICY
1. THE PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 1 AND 4 AUGUST CARRIED CHARACTERISTICALLY TENDENTIOUS REPORTS OF THE CRITICAL REMARKS BY NCNA VICE-DIRECTOR ZHENG GUOXIONG AND OF OTHER NEGATIVE COMMENTS BY HONG KONG PUBLIC FIGURES, CIVIL SERVANTS AND NEWSPAPERS. IT SAID THAT PUBLIC OPINION IN HONG KONG WAS GENERALLY DISSATISFIED AND WORRIED ABOUT HKG'S ''SUDDEN'' DECISION.
MCLEAN
YYYY
MAIN
58
.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
DISTRIBUTION
65
NTCD
PLANNERS
RAD
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS NEWS D
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
7
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO) CAOFF //MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF //MR SIBSON
NNNN
PS NO 10.
1
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