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JONATHAN DIMBLEBY: HONG KONG

FILMING TIMETABLE

Date

Location

CONFIDENTIAL

Event

?20 June

Hong Kong

21 June

Peking

?23/24 June

? 1 July

London

London

There

Won't

de are

involving He Amb from belang

for Ministers.

Briefing meeting prior to the sixth round of Peking talks. (Assuming the sixth round starts on 21 June and there is a briefing meeting in Hong Kong beforehand, as for previous rounds.)

Start of sixth round.

(Dimbleby might film the

Ambassador and/or Embassy staff

preparing for the start of the

round at the Embassy; going to the meeting; the start of the

meeting (?); discussion in the

Embassy after the meeting.)

Reports of sixth round arriving by telegram in London.

(Arrival of the telegrams in ComCen, distribution, handling by HKD, officials meeting in HKD to discuss next steps, instructions to Peking/Hong Kong on the way

forward.)

OPD (K).

(We would need to approach the

Secretary of State about the possibility of Dimbleby filming Ministers arriving at/the start of the OPD (K) meeting. If that does

CONFIDENTIAL