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FM FCO 291500Z MAR 84
TO ROUTINE SEOUL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 57 OF 29 MARCH
AND TO TOKYO, HONG KONG, PEKING
FROM GOULDEN, NEWS DEPARTMENT
SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: PRESS
PA एकचाह
1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT HAS JUST BEEN FORMALLY
ANNOUNCED. WE DO NOT YET KNOW THE NAMES OR NUMBERS OF
ACCOMPANYING JOURNALISTS. BUT YOU MAY FIND IT USEFUL TO HAVE
THE FOLLOWING NOTES OF THE USUAL PRACTICE WHEN BRITISH
JOURNALISTS ACCOMPANY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON HIS VISITS
ABROAD. (SUBJECT TO ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE DICTATED BY HOST GOVERNMENT.)
Mar Hoare
2. PLEASE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR ME AND PA ON ARRIVAL, LIST OF ANY LOCALLY RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES OR STRINGERS (AND THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS) THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND FOR INCLUSION IN PRESS BRIEFINGS. THE CRITERION FOR INCLUSION IS THE NATIONALITY OF THE ORGANISATION REPRESENTED (BRITISH) AND NOT REPEAT NOT THE NATIONALITY OF THE JOURNALIST HIMSELF. IN
OTHER WORDS, I AM QUITE HAPPY TO HAVE THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES/ STRINGERS (WHATEVER THEIR NATIONALITY) OF BRITISH PAPERS ATTEND UNATTRIBUTABLE BRIEFINGS FOR THE BRITISH PRESS. BUT
WHERE THEY ARE CITIZENS OF THE HOST COUNTRY OR HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED LOCAL AFILIATIONS, IT IS HELPFUL TO HAVE A NOTE OF THIS IN ADVANCE, SO THAT I CAN TAKE ACCOUNT OF IT. IT WOULD
ALSO BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD PROVIDE LIST OF HOTEL ROOM
NUMBERS ALLOCATED TO THE ACCOMPANYING PRESS.
3.
WE NORMALLY ASSUME THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PRESS
CONFERENCE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE
LOCAL PRESS. BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO BRIEF OTHERS
ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU RECOMMEND THIS AND IF IT WOULD BE IN
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