CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 29090OZ FCO
TELNO 484
OF 26085OZ MARCH 93
CONFIDEN
HKB
301/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
ADVANCE
DESK-
INDEX
PAY
FOR RICKETTS, HKD FROM WALKER, PA'S OFFICE
TAI-MING CHEUNG
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تجوم
~6/3
REGISTRY Action Taken
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115007
MDADAN 0108
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1. CHEUNG WHO HAS TAKEN OVER AS HK CORRESPONDENT OF THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW MENTIONED TO ME THAT HE EXPECTS TO BE IN LONDON DURING THE 3RD/4TH WEEKS OF APRIL AND PLANS TO SEEK AND INTERVIEW WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. HE ALSO ASKED IF HE COULD HAVE AN OFF-THE-RECORD BRIEFING FROM A SENIOR MEMBER OF HKD.
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2. WE CONSIDER CHEUNG TO BE A RESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST WHO IS WELL DISPOSED TOWARDS US. I HAVE GIVEN HIM YOUR NAME AND THAT OF ROD BUNTEN AND WE HOPE THAT ONE OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BRIEF HIM. ON HIS REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, I SAID I WOULD MENTION THIS TO YOU, ADDING THAT HIS DIARY FOR THE PERIOD WAS ALREADY LIKELY TO BE QUITE FULL. CHEUNG SAID HE WOULD SUBMIT HIS REQUEST BY FAX TO THE FCO VERY SHORTLY.
3. CHEUNG IS ALSO IN TOUCH WITH GIS ABOUT MEETING MPS INTERESTED IN HK, WHICH GIS WILL ASK HKGO TO ARRANGE CHEUNG ALSO TOLD ME
THAT HE MIGHT SEEK AN INTERVIEW WITH SIR P CRADDOCK.
4. HKD REGISTRY PLEASE PASS TO YAXLEY, HKGO.
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