TNAG-0108-FCO40-144-Briefs-for-Members-of-Parliament-visiting-Hong-Kong-1969 — Page 94

This

confined Love Hang

at is not

to

Kong

Press.

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stories (let alone exclusive stories) are limited, and to make an impact there is therefore a tendency to deal with a news item in as sensational a manner as possible.

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May I put forward the thought that these points should be made clear to future visitors to Hong Kong. It would be wrong, I suggest, to make such visits strictly confidential' as one of the MPs proposed. On the other hand the pitfalls of exposing oneself completely to the press should be explained, and the recommendation to tread like Agag might be made.

I am copying this letter to Gowers in C.R.E. Department of the Board of Trade and to Information Policy Department in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Yours sincerel

Chris Danthaich

(D.C. Rounthwaite)

Trade Commissioner (Press Relations)

H. Stewart Esq., Hong Kong Department,

Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street,

LONDON, S.W.1.

DCR:mp.

Every effort is made to ensure that the information given herein is accurate, but no legal responsibility is accepted for any errors or omis- sions in that information and no responsibility is accepted in regard to the standing of any firms, companies, or individuals mentioned.