TNAG-0069-FCO40-105-Disturbances-in-Hong-Kong-propaganda-1967 — Page 87

CONFIDENTIA

DENTIAL

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Hong Kong Working Group

Quite a lot has happened since the Hong Kong Working

Group held its first meeting, and I think the time has come

for us to (a) review the progress made so far; (b) agree

the present information priorities; and (c) consider the

means available to us.

2. The situation at present is as follows:

(a) Douglas Rivett-Carnac has been seconded from JIPGD

to the Hong Kong Government to direct a special

publicity unit. From the end of this month he

hopes to be able to turn his attention to the co-

ordination of the information effort in Hong Kong;

the term of his secondment has been extended by two

months to the end of November.

(b) The Hong Kong Government Information Service is now

cabling regular reports giving an accurate account

of the situation in Hong Kong to the Commonwealth

Office News Department (copies also go direct to the

B.B.C. and the C.0.1.), the Hong Kong Government

Offices in London, Brussels, New York and Sydney and

to our Missions in Tokyo, Bangkok and Manila. AB

well as reporting any disturbances these cables

provide brief pointers to the basic stability of

Hong Kong. The production by the Hong Kong

Information Service of any original material -

features, etc. is said to be impossible at the

moment because of a lack of writers.

CONFIDENTIAL

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