TNAG-1749-FCO40-2468-Visit-by-Sir-Geoffrey-Howe--Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-a-1988 — Page 16

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bulk of Hong Kong Chinese journalists who are young, inexperienced and in search of stories they can print. The journalists who can be briefed on a background basis are unfortunately to be found mostly among the foreign press corps. The Hong Kong Government are understandably very resistant to any suggestion that these people might be given privileged treatment.

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