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CONFIDENTIAL
N.J.V. Watt, Esq., 0.B.E.,
Director of Information Services, Beaconsfield House,
HONG KONG,
22nd February 1968
Further to my letter of February 19th, the meeting between members of the Committee of the Hong Kong Association and B.B.C. officials duly took place yesterday. It was a luncheon meeting, and I gather the atmosphere was extremely cordial. The Hong Kong Association representa- tives expressed concern about a certain lack of perspective in recent B.B.C. sound and television reports on Hong Kong affairs, and I understand they received a very sympathetic hearing. H.E.'s letter to Lord Hill was not mentioned, but the Pettifer report in the BBC-TV "Twenty-four Hours" programme, which gave rise to it, was referred to.
The Hong Kong Association representatives were Mr. Jeffry Hamm, chairman, Mr. John Keswick (who is, incidentally, a member of the B.B.C.'s General Advisory Council), Mr. Bryan, Barlow, and Mr. H.J. Collar, secretary. The B.B.C. officials were Mr. C.J. Curran, Director, External Broadcasting, and Fr. J.C. Crawley, Foreign Editor, News and Current Affairs.
Mr. Collar will be reporting more fully to Susan Yuen, and he will ask her to keep you informed.
(Ronald Boxall)
Copy: A.W. Gaminara, Esq., C.M.G.,
Commonwealth Office.
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