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FM HONG KONG 24040OZ JUL 84
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2094 OF 24 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING (FOR GOVERNOR).
HKK 027/21
26 JUL 184
MY TELNO 2034 OF 19 JULY
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FOR GOULDEN (HEAD OF NEWS DEPARTMENT) FROM-ISAD
SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT : PRESS ARRANGEMENTS.
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE DRAFT PRESS ARRANGEMENT COVERING BOTH VISITS TO HONG KONG.
26 JULY
ARRIVAL AT KAI TAK
2. ARRIVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE AT BAY 3 WITH A FIXED PRESS POSITION FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AT THE ARRIVAL HALL. WE ASSUME THAT THE ACCOMPANYING PRESS PARTY WILL JOIN THEIR LOCAL COUNTERPARTS IN THE PRESS ENCLOSURE TO COVER THE ARRIVAL. IF SO, THEY WILL DISEMBARK FIRST AND BE CONDUCTED TO THE PRESS POSITION.
3. AS SUGGESTED IN OUR TELNO. 2034, WE ASSUME THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL SAY A FEW WORDS TO THE PRESS ON ARRIVAL. FACILITY FOR
THIS WILL BE LAID ON.
4.1 WILL TRAVEL WITH YOU TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN CROWN CAR NO. 4.
5. VIP CAR ASSIGNED TO YOU WILL BE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO TAKE YOU
TO THE HOTEL.
6. A BUS WILL TAKE THE ACCOMPANYING PRESS PARTY AND THEIR BAGGAGE FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE HOTEL.
7. WE DO NOT EXPECT THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO BE DOORSTEPPED BY
THE PRESS ON JULY 26.
JULY 27
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING AND MEETING WITH UMELCO IN THE
LGCO. CHAMBER.
8. SPECIAL ENCLOSURES WILL BE SET UP AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES FOR PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE PRESS ON HIS ARRIVAL.
9. THE FIXED ENCLOSURES WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DEPARTURE FROM CGO. WE SUGGEST THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT SAY A FEW WORKDS TO THE WAITING PRESS. THE AFTERNOON AND THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA PARTICULARLY MOULD BE APPRECIATIVE.
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