TNAG-0845-FCO40-1055-Visits-of-Foreign-and-Commonwealth-officials-to-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 11

CODE 18-77

Reference

HKK 024/7.

Resofthe Private office have seen 22 OCT 1979

OFFICER

Mr We

MR BLAKER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG:

PRESS CONFERENCE

Registry

Please copy (title)

PP. 3-4 for SEAD PPG for SPD

p.a.

1. I attach a transcript of Mr Blaker's press conference in Hong Kong on 25 September, just received. Please enquire whether Mr Blaker's Private Office have a copy and, if not, whether they would like one. Please also arrange for the relevant sections to be copied to other interested departments, in particular SEAD and SPD.

2.

The transcript gives useful guidance on Mr Blaker's attitudes towards certain Hong Kong issues, eg taxation policy.

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18 October 1979

RJT McLaren