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From: Sara Everett
News Department
ISTRY
DESP INDEX
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REGISTRY Action Taken
Date: 25 May 1993
PS/Mr Goodlad
REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS WITH MR GOODLAD
cc: Mr Hum
Mr Morris, HKD
Problem
1. How should we respond to requests from David Healy, Sunday
Morning Post, and British Satellite News (BSN) for interviews
with the Minister?
Recommendation
I recommend that the Minister offer short interviews to both
David Healy and BSN. HKD concur.
2.
Background
3.
David Healy, the London correspondent of the Sunday Morning
Post, has asked for a brief chat with the Minister before he
leaves for Hong Kong. I warned him that the Minister would not
be able to go into any detail about the Sino-British talks.
Healy said that he would nevertheless like to talk to the
Minister about his visit. Healy's article would appear on Sunday 30 May. This would be a good opportunity to get on
record the main objectives for the visit, in advance of the Minister's official programme. Healy is bound to ask about the
talks but the Minister need only repeat that the fourth round
is/is about to get under way and that we hope for early