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TELEGRAM NUMBER 309 OF 3 APRIL

INFO PRIORITY: HONG KONG, TOKYO, SEOUL

FROM NEWS DEPARTMENT

SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: ACCOMPANYING JOURNALISTS

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1. FOLLOWING IS PROVISIONAL LIST OF JOURNALISTS ACCOMPANYING

THE SECRETARY OF STATE THROUGHOUT HIS VISIT TO THE FAR EAST.

GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CLEAR LIST WITH MFA AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE IN ORDER THAT VISAS CAN BE GRANTED IN LONDON AND

HONG KONG AS NECESSARY. AMENDMENTS MAY HAVE TO BE MADE

NEARER THE TIME. WE WILL LET YOU HAVE ANY ALTERATIONS AS

SOON AS WE HAVE THEM:

JOHN DICKIE DAILY MAIL, PASSPORT NO 333357E

GORDON MARTIN BBC EXTERNAL SERVICE, PASSPORT NO 323258E MIKE EVANS, DAILY EXPRESS, PASSPORT NO 871616D

NIGEL HAWKES, OBSERVER, PASSPORT NO 508850B

GODFREY BARKER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, PASSPORT NO 5306

DAILY

2. SIMON WINCHESTER, SUNDAY TIMES, PASSPORT NO' B080103,

WILL ACCOMPANY THE PARTY FOR THE FIRST LEG OF THE JOURNEY

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LONDON/PEKING/HONG KONG. ACCOMODATION WILL BE

REQUIRED IN PEKING AND HONG KONG.

3.

JOHN GITTINGS, GUARDIAN, PASSPORT NO 005019C WILL ALSO COVER

LONDON/PEKING/HONG KONG. ACCOMODATION WILL BE REQUIRED IN PEKING

AND HONG KONG.

4.

BBC TELEVISION NEWS WOULD LIKE THEIR FAR EAST TEAM,

BASED IN HONG KONG, TO JOIN THE PARTY IN PEKING AND ACCOMPANY

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM PEKING TO HONG KONG AND

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