TNAG-2358-FCO40-3429-Official-visits-from-the-UK-to-Hong-Kong-1991 — Page 54

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FM BTC HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE ULAN BATOR

TELNO 12

OF 04015OZ JUNE 91

INFO ROUTINE FCO

HKD 026/12

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MDLIAN 5919

BBC NEWS VISIT TO MONGOLIA.

PHIL REES OF BBC HONG KONG HAS ASKED US TO RELAY THE FOLLOWING SELF EXPLANATORY MESSAGE TO JL HARTLEY ESQ, SECOND SECRETARY.

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DEAR LES,

THANK YOU FOR APPROACHING MONGOLIAN RADIO AND TV, AND EXPLAINING OUR PROPOSED DOCUMENTARY.

I PLAN TO ARRIVE IN ULAN BATOR ON JULY 1ST. ERIC THIRER AND FRED SCOTT WILL ARRIVE ON JULY 5TH. WE ARE ALL BOOKED ON FLIGHTS FROM BEIJING. WE RETURN TO BEIJING ON JULY 15TH.

WE MUST HAVE VISAS ISSUED FROM THE MONGOLIAN EMBASSY IN BEIJING. WE K

WILL SEND OUR OFFICE MANAGER, MS VICKY SHEK WITH OUR PASSPORTS ON AN AGREED DATE FROM JULY 17TH ONWARDS. MS SHEK CAN KEEP IN CONTACT WITH

MS FOWLER WHILE WE ARE IN INDIA.

OUR ITINERARY NEEDS

A.

B =

FULL ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL FESTIVAL.

ACCESS TO A COMMUNAL FARM, TO FILM HORSE REARING, BREAKING IN OF HORSES ETC. WE WANT TO SHOW LIFE ON SUCH A FARM, PRESUMABLY SITUATED OUTSIDE OF ULAN BATOR.

C. VISIT DZUN MOD MONASTERY, AND THE ERDENI JUU LAMMASERY.

D.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANY HISTORIANS/POLITICAL COMMENTATORS ABOUT THE RE-EMERGENCE OF MONGOL CULTURE, AND THE CHALLENGES FOLLOWING GLASNOST.

HOW WILL MONGOLIA'S INSTITUTIONS DEAL WITH THESE NEW ISSUES? WHAT PROBLEMS INCLUDING ECONOMIC - IS MONGOLIA FACING? HOW CAN THE

REST OF THE WORLD HELP?

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