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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA: PRESS

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I am enclosing a copy of a teleletter I have received from Philip Watson in Peking. Most of what he says is straightforward and presents no problems but you will see that there are likely to be difficulties in respect of Hong Kong based journalists intending to cover the visit to

China.

We already know from Hong Kong that they expect a number of Hong Kong correspondents to travel to Peking. The Governor's Office hoped the Chinese

The teleletter could be persuaded to be helpful towards the Hong Kong Press.

has been copied to Hong Kong so I would expect them to react to it (incident- ally I am not sure how quickly teleletters travel between Peking and Hong Kong). Depending on their views we may well be in need of advice from you

and HK & GD.

N J Cox Esq

FED

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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