TNAG-2277-FCO40-3276-Hong-Kong-and-the-media-1991 — Page 168

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG

TO ROUTINE F C O

TELNO 373

OF 29081OZ JULY 91

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING

P.a. Media (119)

140577

MDLIAN 9749

PAS 301/1

низ

RECE

1

1091

ADOO DOL

FCO TELNO 1333 : BBC WORLD SERVICE : EAST ASIA RELAY STATION IN HONG KONG

1.

WE AGREE WITH PARA 4 OF TUR. IF WE WERE TO RAISE THIS SUBJECT WITH THEM NOW, THE CHINESE WOULD, AT BEST, SIMPLY DELAY, AND WE WOULD ACHIEVE NOTHING: BUT THEIR EVENTUAL REACTION, GIVEN THE CHINESE FEELINGS ABOUT BBC BROADCASTS (PARA 5 OF TUR), COULD BE WORSE.

GALSWORTHY

1

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ΜΑΙΝ

40

LIMITED

HKD

DISTRIBUTION

40

PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD

SIR J COLES

INFORMATION D

NEWS D

HD/FED

PS/LORD CAITHNESS

MR BURNS

MISS SPENCER

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