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DATE: 3 September 1993
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FUTURE OF THE BBC TRANSMITTER IN HONG KONG paid tr Amin
Problem
1. The Chinese have demanded that the BBC transmitter in Hong
Kong should be dismantled before 1997. We need to decide
(i) how to respond to the Chinese and (ii) what we should say in public when news of the Chinese decision becomes generally
known.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that our response should be as set out in the
draft telegram attached.
Background and Argument
3.
The substance of the Chinese position comes as no surprise
to us, or to the BBC. We have discussed this matter with the
BBC on several occasions in recent years and reached the
conclusion that there was virtually no chance of the Chinese
agreeing to continued use by the BBC of their transmitter in
Hong Kong after 1997. Hence the BBC's decision to build a
transmitter in Thailand. (See para 4 of the attached telegram which was drafted in conjunction with Information Department).
4. We, Hong Kong and the BBC consider that there is no point in having a row with the Chinese over this when we see no prospect
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