UNCLASSIFIED
004646
MDLIAN 3637
US CONGRESSMAN JOHN PORTER
9. US CONGRESSMAN JOHN PORTER SAID IN HK (27.8) AFTER A MEETING
WITH THE HK JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION THAT HAVING KNOWN LOCAL JOURNALISTS DID NOT THINK THE ISSUE OF US PASSPORTS TO THEM WOULD HELP TO MAINTAIN PRESS FREEDOM, HE WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR THE RELEVANT BILL IN CONGRESS. HE WOULD PROPOSE TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF THE US CONGRESS TO WRITE TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGCO TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN ON PRESS FREEDOM IN HK AFTER 1997.
FORD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
.HK POLICY
57
DISTRIBUTION
64
NTCD
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
7
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO) CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF//MR SIBSON
PS NO 10.
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