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There were quite a few people there from the media, including what I took to be television coverage.

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Lord Glenarthur gave brief interviews to Asia TV of Hong Kong, TV AM and Independent Radio News. There was quite a lot of interest in the themes of Hong Kong and sanctions against China. One of the interviewers alleged also that the Chinese Embassy had tried to intimidate students into not attending the meeting. Apart from one piece in The Independent and a brief mention in Today, I have seen no coverage to have emerged from the event.

6. Overall, this was a dignified and well-managed tribute to those who have died in China. Lord Glenarthur considers it well worth his having attended.

26 June 1989

Robert

Robert Cont

Robert Court PS/Lord Glenarthur

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