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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO PEKING: PRESS
BACKGROUND BRIEFING: CORNISH IS HAPPY TO BRIEF HONG KONG AND UK JOURNALISTS ON EVENING 8 JULY. BUT YOU MAY WISH TO WARN JOURNALISTS THAT HE IS NOT (NOT) LIKELY TO SAY ANYTHING WHICH IS NOT ALREADY KNOWN TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LISTENING OVER LAST FEW DAYS. PURPOSE WILL BE TO CLARIFY AND NOT (NOT) TO MAKE NEWS. PAST EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT, ALTHOUGH FAR FROM IDEAL, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO BRIEF UK AND HONG KONG JOURNALISTS SEPARATELY WITHOUT CAUSING OFFENCE. SO HE PLANS TO DO THEM TOGETHER.
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INTERVIEWS: IT IS MOST UNLIKELY THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL HAVE TIME TO DO ANY.
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