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ΤΟ TELELETTER HONG KONG

TELELETTER NFR

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HKC040/4

CRISTAL

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15 JUN 1990 general briefing on Hong Kong

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FROM C HASWELL, VBPU, SEAD

TO MIKE HANSON ESQ, HONG KONG

C.C TO STEPHEN BRADLEY ESQ, DPA, HONG KONG,

C.C.TO QUINTON QUAYLE ESQ, PARIS

C.C. MS MAJOR, HKD

C.C.TO MR WHITEHEAD, NEWS DEPT

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY FRENCH JOURNALIST

1.

DAVID COLVIN AND I RECEIVED A CALL ON 11 JUNE FROM GERALDINE SARTIN, A FRENCH JOURNALIST, WHO PLANS TO VISIT HONG KONG FROM 20 JUNE TO 11 JULY TO STUDY VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM. SHE SEEMS NOT TO BE CONNECTED WITH ANY PARTICULAR NEWSPAPER, AND CLAIMED THAT THE EXTENDED ARTICLE SHE PROPOSES TO WRITE WILL BE PRODUCED IN SEPTEMBER BY AN INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER CAUTREMENT?).

2. SHE ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO VISIT SOME OF THE CAMPS, IN PARTICULAR WHITEHEAD AND CHI MA WAN I SUGGESTED THAT SHE MIGHT LIKE ALSO TO SEE ONE OF THE REFUGEE CAMPS, SUCH AS PILLAR POINT, AND UNDERTOOK TO WARN YOU OF HER PLANS AND THAT SHE WOULD BE CONTACTING YOU ABOUT POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENTS. SHE GAVE A CONTACT

NUMBER IN HONG KONG: 5-5223456.

3. GRATEFUL IF QUINTON QUAYLE, TO WHOM THIS TELELETTER IS COPIED, COULD PASS ON ANY INFORMATION HE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT MS SARTIN AND HER INTEREST IN HONG KONG.

SIGNED C HASWELL

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