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HKK 040/1

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7 MAR 1983

TELELETTER

FROM R D CLIFT, HKGD, FCO

IWOLK

FILE REFERENCE HKK 040/1 DATED 1 MARCH 1983

in LAF?

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FOLLOWING FOR L M DAVIES ESQ CMG OBE, SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES)

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HONG KONG

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YOUR TELELETTER SGD 4/03 OF 3 FEBRUARY: HONG KONG : PRESS BRIEFING

YOU DISCUSSED THIS WITH WARWICK MORRIS DURINGYOUR VISIT.

WASHINGTON TELNO 183 OF 24 JANUARY DEALT WITH STEPS TAKEN SO FAR

WITH THE US MEDIA. WE HAVE ASKED WASHINGTON TO CONTINUE THEIR

EFFORTS.

2.

AS REGARDS THE BRITISH PRESS, WE ARE IN REGULAR CONTACT,

AT VARIOUS LEVELS, WITH CORRESPONDENTS FROM A NUMBER OF

PUBLICATIONS. FOREMOST AMONG THESE ARE THE ECONOMIST AND THE

FINANCIAL TIMES, WHERE MARK SCHREIBER AND ALAN CASS RESPECTIVELY

HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED SOME BRIEFING.

3. WE SHALL BE CONSIDERING THE PROS AND CONS

OF A WIDER OR MORE ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN, IN THE LIGHT OF THE

DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STRATEGY. FOR THE MOMENT WE DO NOT THINK

THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT COULD USEFULLY

BE MADE.

SIGNED R D CLIFT

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