Mijas te
PS/Mr Goodlad
As 2213
From: Sara Everett
News Department
Date: 19 March 1993
cc: Private Secretary
Sir John Coles
Mr Hum
Mr Ricketts, HKD
Special Advisers
Mr Cornish
BRITISH SATELLITE NEWS REQUEST FOR INTERVIEW WITH THE MINISTER
ON HONG KONG
Problem
1. How to respond to British Satellite News (BSN) request for an interview with the Minister on Hong Kong.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that the Minister agree to give an interview to
BSN.
HKD concur.
Background
3. BSN (part of the World Television News), which provides us with a world-wide news dissemination service, is making a series of programmes on Hong Kong. They have a team in Hong Kong at the moment and will be transmitting up to 8 programmes next week. This will include a 20 minute feature on the current political situation in Hong Kong. They have interviewed