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JC Morris
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25 February 1993
Ms Everett, News Dept
Mr Bickham, Special
Advisers.
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SECRETARY OF STATE'S INTERVIEW WITH THE SOUTH CHINA SUNDAY
MORNING POST (SCSMP)
1.
Ms Everett's minute to Mr Ricketts of 11 February
recorded that the Secretary of State had agreed to give
written answers to questions from the SCSMP. As Ms Everett
proposed, I submit 10 substantive draft replies which address
most of the 42 questions submitted by the SCSMP. The draft replies have been agreed with the Governor, Sir R McLaren, FED and News Department.
2.
The Governor would prefer it if the interview could be published this weekend (on 28 February), not least because
Peter Lynch, the SCSMP Editor, is due to interview the
Governor next week. The Governor does not want to give Lynch an easy opportunity to compare and contrast the two interviews in the same edition of his paper. As suggested by the Private Secretary, I have incorporated the replies into a telegram which, if the Secretary of State is content, could be sent Deskby 2701002 to meet the SCSMP publication
deadline. (This submission would need to reach private office by 1800 today because of Secrepiry of Grace's trend plans).
The answers are self-explanatory except for the last part of the answer to Q.5. This addresses the question of
3.
scsmpsos.min JM BRIEF
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