TNAG-2276-FCO40-3275-Hong-Kong-and-the-media-1991 — Page 54

UNCLASSIFIED

FM PEKING

TO TELELETTER F CO TELELETTER NFR

OF 260034Z JUNE 91

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: JE HOARE, HEAD OF CHANCERY, PEKING

: NFR OF 26 JUNE 1991

AJ SEATON ESQ, FED, FCO

: MS. P-MAJOR, HKD, FCO

BRITISH NEWSPAPERS

•MAJOR.

1. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS USUALLY BETWEEN 4 AND 7 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION THAT WE RECEIVE THE UK PAPERS. THE AMBASSADOR HAS ASKED, THEREFORE, THAT WE REVIVE THE PRACTICE WHEREBY YOU OR HKD FAX TO US ANY IMPORTANT STORIES/EDITORIALS ON CHINA OR HONG KONG, SO THAT WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE OF CONCERN TO MINISTERES AND OTHERS.

2. ONE RECENT EXAMPLE WAS ANDY HIGGINS' STORY ABOUT INNER MONGOLIA. WHILE OF COURSE WE WERE AWARE OF THE STORY, BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN OVER HIGGINS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL TO HAVE HAD THE TEXT OF THE STORY HERE.

3.

FED REGISTRY PLEASE PASS TO HKD.

JIM HOARE

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we should all bear in

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