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WITH HONG KONG JOURNALISTS OF PROVEN RELIABILITY. I DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH OSBORNE ON MY RETURN TO HONG KONG AND WE AGREED THAT WE SHOULD NOT REPEAT THE PRACTICE.

7. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF MS BLYTHE BEING INCLUDED AND THE TVB WOMAN EXCLUDED ON RACIAL GROUNDS. I AM ALSO SATISFIED THAT THE HONG KONG PRESS CORPS WERE ABLE, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,

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GET EVERYTHING WHICH I CONVEYED TO THE BRITISH POSSIBLY RATHER MORE BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE PERSISTENT.

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