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FM FCO 061909Z APR 84

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 343 OF 6 APRIL

FOR INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

FROM GOULDEN, NEWS DEPT

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YOUR TELNO 673: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT, PRESS ARRANGEMENTS

1. THANK YOU FOR THIS ADVICE. IN THE LIGHT OF IT I WILL

TRY TO BRIEF BOTH BRITISH AND HONG KONG GROUPSSSEPARATELY.

2.

JOURNALISTS HERE HAVE ASKED WHETHER THE SECRETARY OF STATE

WILL AT LEAST OFFER THEM A BRIEFING, IN THE ABSENCE OF A PRESS CONFERENCE. WE ARE TAKING THE LINE THAT HE WILL PROBABLY NOT

OFFER A BRIEFING. I WILL HOWEVER MAKE SURE THAT HE IS ARMED

WITH SUITABLE MATERIAL IN CASE HE IS DOOR-STEPPED WHILE IN

PEKING.

3. WE WILL SEND YOU TRASSCRIPTS OF MAIN BRIEFINGS IN LONDON

PRIOR TO THE VISIT.

HOWE

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