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TO PRIORITY NEW DELHI

TELEGRAM NUMBER 346 OF 22 JUNE 1979

AND TO BANKOK, BRASILIA, BRUSSELS, CANBERRA, COLOMBO, DACCA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, PARIS, SINGAPORE, TOKYO, WASHINGTON, STOCKHOLM

INFO HONG KONG

1. DURING A VISIT TO LONDON THE INFORMATION SECRETARY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG (GHK), DAVID FORD, TOLD THE FCO

THAT THE GHK WAS READY TO ARRANGE FACILITIES IN HONG KONG

FOR JOURNALISTS TO INTERVIEW REFUGEES FROM INDOCHINA AND SEE

THE EFFECT OF THEIR EXODUX ON HONG KONG. JOURNALISTS FROM

THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES COVERING THE ASEAN CONFERENCE IN BALI

MIGHT PARTICULARLY BE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT HONG KONG.

2. IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THESE FACILITIES, POINT OF CONTACT IN HONG KONG IS JOHN SLIMMING, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT

INFORMATION SERVICES.

3. FORD SAID GHK COULD HELP MEET EXPENSES OF TRAVEL AND

ACCOMMODATION BUT IT IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER IT WOULD BE

APPROPRIATE TO PASS ON SUCH AN OFFER.

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