TNAG-1590-FCO40-2175-Appointment-of-Sir-David-Wilson-as-new-Governor-of-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 20

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YOUR TELNO 92: ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW GOVERNOR: MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS

1.

WE ARE CONTENT TO ACCEPT YOUR ADVICE ON ALL POINTS

COVERED IN TUR. WE ARE PLANNING THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE

MADE AT 09OOZ ON WHATEVER DAY IS CHOSEN. AT THAT TIME IT WILL

ALSO BE ANNOUNCED THAT FURTHER PRESS CONFERENCES AND INTERVIEWS

WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THE SAME DAY.

2.

WE SHALL TRY TO ARRANGE THE SATELLITE-LINK PRESS

CONFERENCE AT 11.30z. SINCE THIS MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS TO SET UP,

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DESIGNATE A SINGLE OFFICER IN GIS WHO

WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS DISCRETLEY WITH THE

COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG, OR MUST WE ASSUME THAT

AS SOON AS WE TRIGGER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LINK, THE DATE OF THE

ANNOUNCEMENT WILL LEAK?

3.

WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ALLOW THE BRITISH TELEVISION NETWORKS

TO LINK IN TO THE SATELLITE PRESS CONFERENCE. WE ASSUME THAT THE

CONFERENCE WOULD BE CHAIRED IN HONG KONG BY THE DIRECTOR OF

INFORMATION SERVICES.

4.

WE ENVISAGE THAT AT 12.00 OR 12.15 ON THE DAY OF THE

ANNOUNCEMENT, THE NEW GOVERNOR WOULD GIVE SHORT INTERVIEWS TO ANY

OF THE HONG KONG TELEVISION AND RADIO NETWORKS WHO HAD TEAMS IN

LONDON ON THE DAY. LATER THE SAME DAY, PROBABLY AT 14.00, HE

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