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C. O.

Mr.

Radford 23/

Mr. Hall

Mr.Sidebotham

Mr.

Mr.

八

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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