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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 297
OF 231135Z JANUARY 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 191 : APPOINTMENT OF SIR DAVID WILSON: MEDIA COVERAGE
DIS JOHN CHAN SPOKE TO ALAN FARRELLY, EDITOR OF THE SCMP, TODAY TO EXPRESS CONCERN IN THE TERMS OF PARA 2 OF TUR. FARRELLY WAS UNREPENTENT AS EXPECTED, SAYING THAT HEALEY WAS AN EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST (AND THEREBY IMPLYING THAT HE, FARRELLY, HAD NO REASON TO DOUBT THE STORY). HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE SUNDAY MORNING POST (WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT EDITOR) CARRIED THE HKG SPOKESMAN'S REFUTATION ON 18 JANUARY, AND THAT THE SCMP ITSELF PUBLISHED ON 22 JANUARY A LETTER FROM NORMAN BARRYMAINE (FORMERLY EDITOR OF THE CHINA MAIL) REFUTING SOME OF THE POINTS CONTAINED IN HEALEY'S STORY. (COPIES OF THESE REFERENCES ARE BEING FAXED TO HKGO LONDON FOR ON-PASSING TO YOU.)
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WE SHALL BE REPLYING SEPARATELY TO PARA 3 OF TUR AFTER THE
WEEKEND.
AKERS-JONES
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HMLNAN 7674
LIMITED
HKD
NEWS.D
PS
PS/MR RENTON
MR GILLMORE
SIR. D. WILSON.
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