6. PAM SHOULD ALSO SUBMIT TO AN INTERVIEW FAIRLY SOON OR SIT IN VA
YOURS.
7. GENERALLY SPEAKING I SUGGEST YOU WORK FOR A SITUATION IN WHIC
BY THE END OF THE YEAR NEWS DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN SAY YOU WILL GIVE NO FURTHER INTERVIEWS UNTIL YOUR ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG (THIS WOULD BE PURELY TO SAVE YOU: IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY AGREEABLE TO ME IF YOU
PREFERRED TO SEE AND SUNDRY). THIS OF COURSE WOULD NOT EXCLUDE YOU SEEING ANY EDITORS WHO ARE IN LONDON OFF THE RECORD, AND TRIS MIGHT BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
8. SUBSTANCE OF INTERVIEWS. PARA 4 OF CLIFT'S TELMO 957). I DO NOT THINK YOU SHOULD DIVIDE ISSUES INTO THOSE IN WHICH THE S OF S OR HKG HAVE THE PRIMARY ROLE. PEOPLE HERE WILL WANT TO FEEL THAT YOU WILL BE THEIR CHAMPION IN ALL FIELDS.
9. I ALSO SUGGEST THAT FOR THE SAME REASON YOU PLAY DOWN YOUR CHINA QUALIFICATIONS AND PLAY UP YOUR INTEREST IN HONG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE. THEY WANT A COVERNOR NOT A NEGOTIATOR. YOU MIGHT LIKE TO CONSIDER CUTTING INTO ONE OF THE INEVITABLE EARLY QUESTIONS ABOUT A CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR APPOINTMENT AND THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WITH SOMETHING LIKE I DO NOT WANT THERE TO BE ANY MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS. I AM TO BE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG. SO MY JOB WILL BE THE GOOD GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG, AND MY PRINCIPAL CONCERN WILL BE THE WELFARE AND INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. OF COURSE THESE INVOLVE MANY ECONOMIC AND EVEN POLITICAL FACTORS WHICH ARE EXTERNAL. THESE ARE PRINCIPALLY WITH THE UK, CHINA AND THE US, AND AS IT SO HAPPENS THESE ARE THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY WORKING LIFE. BUT I REPEAT, MY RESPONSIBILITY IS THE GOOD GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG IN
ALL ITS ASPECTS AND I WILL SPEND THE NEXT 4 FONTHS PREPARING MYSELF FOR THIS''.
10. I WOULD'NT SAY YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSIONS WITH ADVISERS ETC. BETTER SAY SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW THAT HONG KONG IS PRETTY WELL RUN, AND YOU KNOW MANY OF THE OFFICIALS AND UNOFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING IT. YOU LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING THEM AGAIN AND WORKING WITH THEM.
11. SUGGEST YOU ALSO GET IN SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU
HAVE PRETTY WIDE EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD AND OF ADMINISTRATION, BUT NONE OF RUNNING A CITY, AND YOU INTEND NOW TO SPEND TIME
SEEING HOW CITIES AND THEIR ARRANGEMENTS FOR POLICE, EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE, EVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ETC ARE RUN,
12. THE FOREGOING IS ALL PRETTY OBVIOUS AND I HOPE YOU DO NOT
MIND MY SUGGESTING LINES.
13. I WILL MAKE SOME SINCERE IF FULSOME-SUUNDING COMMENT ON THE RECORD, WHOSE TEXT I WILL TELEGRAPH TO YOU IN ADVANCE IN CASE IT
GETS CUOTED AT YOU.
14. I WILL BRIEF EDITORS HALF AN HOURE BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE BASIS OF THE TEXT IN YOUR TELNO 957 AND THE C V IN 956.
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