TNAG-1248-FCO40-1562-Press-reports-on-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 81

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FM HONG KONG 158946Z JUL 33

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1318 OF 15 JULY 1983

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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YOUR TELNO 643: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE.

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19 JUL 1983

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(161)

NO OFFICIAL HERE HAS SAID, OR WOULD HAVE SAID ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

2. REUTER'S DO NOT HAVE A CORRESPONDENT OF THEIR OWN IN HONG KONG.

THEY MAY WELL HAVE PICKED UP THIS STORY FROM ONE OF THE HONG KONG

JOURNALISTS WHO WERE IN PEKING. FOR THE LATTER QUOTE SOURCES CLOSE

TO THE TALKS UNQUOTE IS MORE THAN LIKELY TO MEAN NO SOURCE AT ALL.

3. WITH VERY LITTLE HARD NEWS AVAILABLE, AND NONE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE TALKS, LOCAL JOURNALISTS ARE OFTEN REDUCED TO REPORTING RUMOURS OR EVEN TO FABRICATION. THERE ARE THEREFORE LIKELY TO BE FURTHER

REPORTS OF THIS KIND WHEN THE NEXT MEETING IN PEKING TAKES PLACE ON

25/26 JULY. AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, THEY WILL BE WITHOUT FOUND-

ATION.

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MR BURROWS

ED/PLANNING STAFF

MR MARTIN

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MR FLOWER

PS/LADY YOUNG

MR COLES

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SIR J BULLARD

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

MR WRIGHT

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