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MR. RENTON'S VISIT: HONG KONG PRESS
TWO RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG JOURNALISTS, SALLY BLYTH AND SIMON FUNG, WILL BE VISITING LONDON TO COVER THE DEBATE ON THE NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL. THEY WOULD LIKE AN ON THE RECOPD INTERVIEW WITH MR. RENTON AS A CURTAIN-RAISER TO HIS VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG, AND INTEND TO APPROACH NEWS DEPARTMENT ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN LONDON. IF AN INTERVIEW CAN BE FITTED IN, WE RECOMMEND IN FAVOUR. SIMON FUNG IS AN INTELLIGENT AND RESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST: THIS IS LESS TRUE OF SALLY BLYTH BUT SHE IS REASONABLY RELIABLE. IN ORDER TO AVOID DIFFICULTIES WITH THE REST OF THE HONG KONG PRESS, IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO MAKE IT A CONDITION OF GRANTING THE INTERVIEW THAT THE TRANSCRIPT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE, AFTER BROADCASTING, TO ANY OTHER JOURNALISTS HERE WHO ASKED FOR IT.
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