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small (18,000) compared with a popular newspaper, they

are probably justified in claiming that it is read by senior

officials in most Asian countries. The London Editor has

asked if Lord Carrington could give an interview to the

Editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal, Mr Robert Keatley,

when he is in Hong Kong. The interview would be on the

record, and would concern particularly the refugee problem as well as other Asian topics and the Tokyo Summit.

8.

I know that the Secretary of State's

programme in Hong Kong is tight, but in view of the

importance of this, and of the outcome of the Prime

Minister's meeting with the Secretary of State and the

Governor of Hong Kong, I recommend that Lord Carrington

should agree to these three proposals.

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N M Fenn

News Department