TNAG-2276-FCO40-3275-Hong-Kong-and-the-media-1991 — Page 47

PS/Lord Caithness

From: David Crystal

News Department

Date: 8 July 1991

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HONG KONG STANDARD : BID FOR INTERVIEW

Problem

1.

How to respond to a bid from the Hong Kong Standard (HKS) for an interview with Lord Caithness.

Recommendation

2. I recommend that Lord Caithness agrees to give the HKS

an interview. Hong Kong, FED and SEA Departments concur.

If the Minister accepts the recommendation I suggest about 20 minutes would be appropriate; it could take place at

1500 on Tuesday 9 July.

Background

Look out for it

3. Ms Vivian Tse came to London originally to cover the

Governor's visit. In advance she bid for an interview with

the Minister to cover the airport and Vietnamese migrants.

4. In the event the proposed timing of the interview (early last week) made it impossible. I spoke to Ms Tse on Thursday and she asked if it would now be possible to interview Lord Caithness - the subjects would remain the

same.

5. Post the announcement of the Memorandum of Understanding the need to avoid the press has gone. More positively it seems to me there would be value in having the Minister on the record specifically in Hong Kong at this time.