W(B)L 51-7433
Registry No.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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In Confidence
DRAFT
LETTER
To:-
Type 1 +
From
H.E. Sir David Trench,
KCMG., MC.,
Government House,
Victoria.
Mr. H. Hall
Telephone No., & Ext.
Department
86.
NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN
19/3
Mr. Ha
f/s
In discussion of The deusion recorded in No. Godden's minute of 15th March, we agreed that it wo. be descable to write to the Governor. Draft submitted
6.5.
Carter 18/3/68
views
We have followed with sympathy the
exchange of letters between yourself and Lord Hill concerning the B.B.C's. television
IV.?. # programme on 9 January about Hong Kong. We
L fully share your strictures about the programme
and were about to put up to Lord Shepherd, for his signature, a letter to Lord Hill in support of your views when a copy of the latter's
to you Lord Hill's reply was received. This we regard as a quite unhelpful and inadequate effort to answer your points; to our mind
it was obviously the work of the B.B.C.
officials. After discussion between the
Minister and Arthur Galsworthy it was decided
Since a letter from that in case the Minister letter might meet the same fate it might be better for him not
to write to Lord Hill but to put his views over in person at an early opportunity. Accordingly it has been decided that Lord Shepherd should try and raise this matter directly with Lord Hill next time they meet in
the House of Lords.
world
I thought you would like to know this in case you had any doubts that, because of their silence, Ministers were not prepared to back you in your criticisms of the B.B.C's. handling of Hong Kong, affairs.
Ed (1626)
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