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ITEMS 17: PRESS CONFERENCE.

THE TIMINGS SET OUT IN YOUR

TELNO 94 SEEM TO US TO BE TOO TIGHT. THERE MUST BE ENOUGH

TIME AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TO PAY ADEQUATE ATTENTION TO

CHINESE-SPEAKING PRESS. WE ASSUME THAT RADIO INTERVIEWS

WILL BE CONDUCTED AT BEACONSFIELD HOUSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER

THE PRESS CONFERENCE BUT THAT THE TV INTERVIEWS COULD TAKE PLACE, AS DURING THE JULY VISIT, BACK AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. AGAIN 45 MINUTES SEEMS TOO SHORT TO CATER FOR ALL THOSE

INVOLVED. WE HOPE THAT, BY RESCHEDULING THE MEETING WITH THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION, THE PREPARATION FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE INTERVIEWS COULD TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 16.30 AND 19.30.

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