TNAG-2275-FCO40-3274-Hong-Kong-and-the-media-1991 — Page 24

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Mr Llewellyn, hegal delvires

1. Mus's Barrett asles

a good question is

pare 4 of her musate of I February (below).

2. A search bras produced some unentered papers which I attach which, whilst not solving the problem do, pohaps, reveal its arigui! The origi is, I think, in the final paragraph of the BBC letter of so Auguel 1880 in which the writer acks if " we [the BBC] need the Secretary of State's permission" to enter into Agreement with Hong Kong.

such an

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3. I have looked all the Royal Charter and the Licence & Agreement granted to the BBC. D cannot find anything directly

on the point but para 22 of the Licence ad Agreement

16 of the attacked booklet) does say

page to BBC " shall not without the prior approval

underlet dl to Secreton & State asagir,

gel of

CODE 18-77

AWO Ltd. 7/84

otherwise dispose of these presents or of the powers" efe ete.

ete etc. Since the draft the

"Since the draft Agreement

couts is for the purpace of indemnifying Hongkong/ RTHK from any liability to claims arising out of RTHK's rebroadcasts of the BBC's programmes,

could para 22 of the Licence Agreement be

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