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CONFIDENTIAL

DESKBY 170900Z

FM HONG KONG 170832Z FEB 82

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

1

CONFIDENTIAL

TELEGRAM NUMBER 146 OF 17 FEBRUARY

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

Ho

YOUR TELNO 89: MS VERTUCCI

SINCE

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RECEIVER PR

No

PA

J23.2

SINCE SITREP IN OUR TELNO 127, MEDIA COVERAGE HAS CONTINUED AND THE STUPPPORT IS BEING ORCHESTRATED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT VERTUCCI HERSELF

MAY APPEAR ON A TV CURRENT AFFAIRS INTERVIEW PROGRAMME TONIGHT THOUGH, SHE DID NOT DO SO ON A PROGRAMME YESTERDAY FOR WHICH SHE HAD EARLIER BEEN BILLED.

2. IT BEGINS TO LOOK AS IF SHE HAS DECIDED TO MADE A FURTHER APPEAL IN UK, WHICH SHE IS LIKELY TO VISIT FOLLOWING HER VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE ON 19 FEBRUARY.

3. PRESS SPECULATION HAS BEEN GETTING CLOSER TO THE MARK, WHILST VERTUCCI HAS CLAIMED THAT SHE HAS BEEN TOLD QUOTE UNOFFICIALLY, VIA SOURCES IN LONDON UNQUOTE THAT OUR REASONS FOR NOT EXTENDING HER STAY ARE CONNECTED WITH HER INVOLVEMENT WITH POTENTIAL TROUBLE

MAKERS. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHAT STATEMENTS IF ANY HAVE IN FACT BEEN MADE IN LONDON, AND WHAT PRESS LINE YOU EXPECT TO TAKE OVER PARRY'S MEETING WITH LPS.

4. GASSERT OF AMRC SOUGHT BY TELEPHONE ON 13 FEBRUARY AN INTERVIEW

WITH GOVERNOR FOR HER BUT WAS TOLD BY PRIVATE SECRETARY THAT NO

PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY SUCH AN INTERVIEW, NOR WOULD IT BE PROPER.

5. THE CHIEF SECRETARY HAS RECEIVED TWO FURTHER LETTERS FROM VERTUCCI. ONE REPEATED HER REQUEST TO BE GIVEN GOVER NOR IN COUNCIL'S

REASONS FOR THE DECISION, AND WE ARE REPLYING WITH STANDARD REFUSAL THE SECOND ASKS WHETHER SHE WOULD BE ALLOWED ENTRY AS A TOURIST OR FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE FUTURE. (TEXTS AND OUR REPLIES IN MIFT).

6. HER STAY EXPIRES AT 191608Z WHICH IS AFTER THE PROPOSED MEETING

BETWEEN PARRY AND LPS AT 1817152. GRATEFUL FOR AN ACCOUNT OF PARRY'S CALL ON LPS, LINE TAKEN BY LPS AND ANY PRESS STATEMENTS DESKBY

190130Z.

MACLEHOSE

LIMITED

HK&GD

NEWS D

MVD

SEAD

PUSD

NAD

PS/LPS

PS/PUS

MR DONALD MR URE

COPIES TO:-

HKGO

LONDON

CONFIDENTIAL

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