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NOTE TO EDITORS:

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THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1975

PRESS BADGES FOR ROYAL VISIT

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PRESS BADGES FOR USE BY REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHEN THEY ARE COVERING THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROYAL VISIT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM, DEACONSFIELD HOUSE, SIXTH FLOOR, AS FROM 10 A.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT SOME FORM OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS, SUCH AS PRESS PASSES, NEWSPAPER STAFF IDENTITY CARDS AND A NOTE FROM THE NEWSPAPER EDITOR SHOULD BE PRODUCED BY YOUR STAFF MEMBER WHEN COLLECTING THE BADGES.

WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO GIVE NEWS EDITORS ALL THE FACILITIES FOR WHICH THEY HAVE ASKED, BUT LIMITATIONS ON SPACE IN SOME CASES HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT SOME PRESS POSITIONS HAD BEEN HEAVILY OVER-SUBSCRIBED. AS A RESULT

AS A RESULT, WE REGRET THAT CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR PRESS PASSES CANNOT BE MET AND OTHERS IN SOME POSITIONS HAVE HAD TO BE CHANGED SO THAT IT WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FOR REPORTERS/ PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COVER THE SAME EVENT FROM ANOTHER POSITION.

NEWS EDITORS ARE REMINDED THAT THERE WILL BE A DAILY PRESS BRIEFING THROUGHOUT THE ROYAL VISIT IN THE PRESS CENTRE IN THE HILTON HOTEL- THE TIME OF THE BRIEFING WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE TELEPRINTER AND FULL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY'S PROGRAMMES WILL BE GIVEN BY THE ROYAL VISIT PRESS OFFICER AND ALSO BY THE QUEEN'S PRESS OFFICER, MR. R. ALLISON. IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR ALL REPORTERS WHO ARE COVERING EVENTS TO ATTEND THESE BRIEFINGS BUT IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT THEY RECEIVE DETAILS OF ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS. WE WOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF NEWS EDITORS OR CHIEF REPORTERS COULD ATTEND SO THAT THEY COULD' BRIEF THEIR OWN STAFF.

IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY BRIEFINGS, ALL DETAILS OF TRANSPORT AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PRESS, COVERING EACH EVENT, WILL BE ISSUED DAILY ON THE, TELEPRINTER, FACSIMILE MACHINE AND IN THE DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN.

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