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MDLIAN 3637

US CONGRESSMAN JOHN PORTER

9. US CONGRESSMAN JOHN PORTER SAID IN HK (27.8) AFTER A MEETING

WITH THE HK JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION THAT HAVING KNOWN LOCAL JOURNALISTS DID NOT THINK THE ISSUE OF US PASSPORTS TO THEM WOULD HELP TO MAINTAIN PRESS FREEDOM, HE WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR THE RELEVANT BILL IN CONGRESS. HE WOULD PROPOSE TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF THE US CONGRESS TO WRITE TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGCO TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN ON PRESS FREEDOM IN HK AFTER 1997.

FORD

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DISTRIBUTION

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HKD

PUSD

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LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT

LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS NEWS D

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PS/MR GOODLAD

SIR J COLES MR HUM

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CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO) CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES

CAOFF//MR SIBSON

PS NO 10.

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