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HONG KONG : BBC'S PROPOSED RELAY STATION

1.

I submit a draft reply from the Secretary of State

to a letter of 22 August from the Chairman of the BBC,

Mr George Howard, about the proposed relay station in GU noted for

Hong Kong, which would improve the audibility of

broadcasting to N. China.

Mr sende

2. This correspondence centres on the question of a

Hong Kong Government contribution towards the costs of

the project. Mr Howard has written two previous letters

On

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on 25 June and 17 July. He (mistakenly) has the

impression that the Hong Kong Government is prepared to pay a

large proportion, if not all, of the costs. The Secretary of

State's letters of 8 July and 4 August made Hong Kong's

position clear.

3.

Both we and Information Department see little benefit

in any continuation of this correspondence. The draft reply

is therefore uncontentious and brief.

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10 September 1981

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Information Department

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PS/Mr Ridley

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'Hong Kong and General Department

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