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TELEGRAM NUMBER 75 OF 22 FEBRUARY

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG PEKING

FOR PS/MR LUCE FROM ROBERTS NEWS DEPARTMENT

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YOU WILL RECALL THAT SHORTLY BEFORE MR LUCE'S LAST VISIT TO HONG KONG HE GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO GEORGE MONTGOMERY OF RTVHK ALONG GENERAL LINES AND WITHOUT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. ON HONG KONG. MONTGOMERY HAS SPOKEN TO ME THIS MORNING TO ASK WHETHER THE MINISTER WOULD AGREE TO SIMILAR INTERVIEW DOWN THE LINE FROM BANDAR SERI

BEGAWAN. I SAID THAT PROVIDED IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT NO QUESTIONS WERE PUT ON THE CONTENT OF THE TALKS I WOULD BE PREPARED TO RECOMMEND IN FAVOUR BUT THAT NATURALLY THE DECISION

RESTED WITH THE MINISTER HE WILL TRY TO TELEPHONE YOU

TOMORROW TO GET A DECISION AND IF THE RESPONSE IS FAVOURABLE TO SET UP THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INTERVIEW

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HONG KONG DEPARTMENT AND MR DONALD CONCUR IN MY RECOMMENDATION SUBJECT TO THE VIEWS OF HONG KONG. WE ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE NO OBJECTION SINCE MONTGOMERY WORKS IN CLOSE

CONJUNCTION WITH HONG KONG GIS.

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