TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 150

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UNCLASSIFIED

FM BONN 12100JZ SEP 79

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 12 OF 12 SEPTEMBER

HKK 243

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INFO ROUTINE FCO DUESSELDORF STUTTGART

HAMBURG MUENICH

-837

(676)

HONG KONG TELNO 10 TO BONN: PUBLICITY IN THE FRG FOR HONG KONG REFUGEES

1. BILD HAVE NOW DECIDED NOT TO SEND A PHOTOGRAPHER. THE JOURNALISTS FLYING OUT ON 21 SEPTEMBER ( OUR TELNO 11 TO HONG KONG ) - ON FLIGHT BA3, ETA HONG KONG 1445 ON 22 SEPTEMBER WILL THEREFORE BE:

CESA

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1731

NILS VON DER HEYDE ( BILD )

ALEX WACHSMUTH ( HEAD OF DPA'S ASIAN AND AFRICAN SERVICES ) PETER SABINSKI (WESTDEUTSCHE ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG )

VON DER HEYDE AND WACHSMUTH HAVE OPEN-DATED RETURN TICKETS BUT

ARE UNLIKELY TO STAY IN HONG KONG FOR THE WHOLE WEEK. AT PRESENT

SABINSKI PLANS TO RETURN ON 29 SEPTEMBER.

2. PETER SARTORIUS OF THE SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG WILL FLY OUT TO HONG KONG ON 29 SEPTEMBER ON FLIGHT LH 660 ( ETA HONG KONG 1625

ON 30 SEPTEMBER ). HE PLANS TO LEAVE ON 7 OCTOBER ON FLIGHT LH 651 ( ETD HONG KONG 2100 ). DR HANS-JOACHIM THRON OF SUED-WEST PRESSE

WILL TRAVEL TO HONG KONG ON 28 OCTOBER ON FLIGHT BA3 ( ETA HONG KONG 1510 ON 29 OCTOBER ) AND IS BOOKED TO RETURN ON 3 NOVEMBER

ON FLIGHT BA20 STD HONG KONG 2000.

3. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD MAKE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SARTORIUS

AND THRON.

WRIGHT

FILES

SEAD HKIGD. WED MRWS.D.

немией

MURRAY

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