TNAG-2591-FCO40-3779-Appointment-of-Chris-Patten-as-new-Governor-of-Hong-Kong--Ap-1992 — Page 97

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want the idea to circulate that Mr Patten is being covered by (as a journalist put it at the first press conference) a

He needs to be seen to be "Foreign Office wet blanket".

getting to grips with the substance.

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:)

نسيا

RF Cornish

News Department