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OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ABOUT 12 REPRESENTATIVES FROM TV,

RADIO AND PRINT MEDIA HERE (ENGLISH AND CHINESE) WILL TRAVEL TO

UK TO COVER UMELCO VISIT AND HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE. THERE IS

CONSIDERABLE AND GROWING INTEREST HERE IN BOTH. AS YOU ARE

ARRANGING BRIEFING FOR UK MEDIA IT WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE TO

GRGANISE BRIEFING FOR HK PRESS ALSO. WITH THE NUMBER OF UK-BASED

HK MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ADDED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HK PRESS

REPRESENTATIVES COULD BE ASOUT 20.

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