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FM FCO 2016457 DEC 82

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1088 OF 20 DECEMBER

FOR DAVIES, /SECRETARY GENERAL DUTIES) FROM CLIFT.

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YOUR TELELETTER OF 15 DECEMBER: HONG KONG: PRESS BRIEFING

FCO TELNO 1002 OF 26 NOVEMBER GAVE THE GENERAL POSITION.

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FCO TELNOS 2146 AND 2147 TO WASHINGTON OF 9 DECEMBER (COPIED TO See HRKO40 |

HONG KONG, PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR) DEALT WITH THE US MEDIA IN DETAIL. WASHINGTON WILL TELL US WHAT TRANSPIRES.

2.

AS FOR THE BRITISH PRESS, WE HAVE SEVERAL PAPERS AND MAGAZINES IN MIND BUT WE HAVE TO AVOID OUR HAND SHOWING IN ANY-

SO FAR ONLY THE ECONOMIST HAS BEEN THING THAT MAY RESULT.

APPROACHED.

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IF EXCO ASK WHAT

WE SHALL OF COURSE KEEP YOU UP TO DATE. IS BEING DONE WE SUGGEST THAT YOU AVOID NAMING NAMES BUT ASSURE THEM THAT BRIEFING OF CERTAIN BRITISH, US AND OTHER FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS IS IN HAND.

4. IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT YOUR OWN BRIEFING EXERCISE APPEARS TO HAVE PRODUCED SEVERAL HELPFUL PIECES IN RECENT WEEKS.

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