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Mr.
Radford 23/
Mr. Hall
Mr.Sidebotham
Mr.
Mr.
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For F.O. Cnevneme,
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
DRAFT.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference....
NOTE ON MEMORANDUM ON PROBLEMS LIKELY
TO ARISE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST REGIME.
I
VIII
Press
Radio.
Action against news agencies
and newspaper correspondents and the
introduction of censorship of
Communist news may of course be
FURTHER ACTION.
necessitated at short notice by the
exigencies of the situation in the
Colony. There should however be
further consultation before such
measures are introduced purely in
retaliation for similar action by
the Communists against British
interests in China.
The general policy governing
the issue of counter-propaganda in
Hong Kong is being considered in
correspondence dealing with the
appointment in Hong Kong of a
representative of the Regional
Information Office.
In the likely event of the
local Chinese press proving
uncooperative and unwilling to use
press material issued by the Hong Kong
Government, it may be advisable to
organise an official vernacular
news-
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