GPS 217
UNCLASSIFIED
FM LOS ANGELES 28/2225Z SEPT 83 TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 001 OF 28 SEPTEMBER- AND TO WASHINGTON (ANSON) FCO
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MKK0401
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
29 SEP 1983
DESK OF PICER
REGIOTNY
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CATT/10
1.
WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY FREELANCE JOURNALIST MICHAEL PARFIT WHO IS REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR T SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE AND SENIOR WRITER FOR ISLANDS MAGAZINE, REPUTABLE QUALITY PUBLICATION BASED IN SANTA BARBARA FOR WHICH WE HAVE SEPARATELY REQUESTED FACILITIES FOR FALKLANDS VISIT NEXT YEAR PRESENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY FCO.
2. PARFIT WILL VISIT HONG KONG EARLY PART OF WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY
3 OCT AND HOPES TO PRODUCE ARTICLE ON COLONY FOR PUBLICATION IN
ISLANDS MAGAZINE. PIECE WOULD NOT (NOT) DEAL IN DEPTH WITH POL-
ITICAL ISSUES AS THOUGH PARFIT FEELS HE WOULD HAVE TO TOUCH ON SENSE
OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FUTURE. HE IS FULLY AWARE OF CONFIDENTI- ALITY OF PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS AND WOULD NOT (NOT) BE LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF NEWS BREAK. HIS PRIMARY INTEREST WOULD BE IN WHAT HONG KONG IS LIKE TODAY AS WELL AS HISTORY AND PEOPLE'S FEELINGS ABOUT FUTURE.
3. HE WOULD LIKE IF POSSIBLE TO INTERVIEW GOVERNOR OR CHIEF
SECRETARY. HE WOULD ALSO MUCH APPRECIATE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO PEOPLE HE MIGHT INTERVIEW IN FIELDS OF BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, BANKING, TOURISM, EDUCATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JOURNALISM. WOULD NOT REQUIRE APPOINTMENTS BUT SIMPLY LEADS WHICH HE COULD
THEN FOLLOW UP HIMSELF.
4.
HE
APOLOGISE SHORT NOTICE BUT HAVE ONLY JUST HEARD FROM HIM. GRATEFUL ANYTHING WHICH CAN BE DONE PROVIDED YOU, WASHINGTON AND FCO SEE NO OBJECTION. HAVE SUGGESTED TO HIM THAT HE PHONE GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON ARRIVAL.
SLOMAN
MINIMAL
HKD
NEWS D
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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