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Dear My Cochlin
refer to år J R Steele's letter reference FSR.714 G of 5 October to
Stirling, about which I spoke to you yesterday.
We have no plans at present to reduce the length of stay of our passenger ships in Hong Kong next year, although if conditions deteriorate sufficiently we would clearly have to give consideration to doing so in the interest of the safety of our passengers. If there are reports of this sort circulating in Hong Kong, then they must be based on surmise.
This
would not perhaps be unnatural, since under conditions such as have pre- vailed in Hong Kong recently, it would not have been surprising if we, together with other operators, had reviewed our passenger ship programmes.
On the other hand, it is possible that other circumstances may have given rise to these reports. For example, the two passenger ships which are regularly engaged in the trade between Europe and the Far East, "CATHAY" and "CHITRAL", are now taking longer to make their voyages than previously owing to the closure of the Suez Canal, with the result that they cannot now make as many calls at Hong Kong in the course of a year as they would have under normal circumstances. Instead of the eight voyages a year they would have made, on which they would have called at Hong Kong outwardbound and homewardbound, they will now only complete about seven voyages and will be terminating at Hong Kong instead of Japan, with the result that they will only be making one call there on each voyage instead of two. However, their calls will be for periods of four or five days instead of two calls of two days each, so that the time spent in Hong Kong will be about the same.
We have also had to cancel one call at Hong Kong by our "IBERIA", which This is also should have been there from 29 February to 2 Karch 1968. the result of the closure of the Suez Canal, since the diversion via the Cape does not leave the ship time to go up to Hong Kong on her way from Australia to U.K.
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MANAGING DIRECTOR,
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'the two passenger ships which are regularly engaged in the trade between Europe and the Far East, "CATHAY" and "CHITRAL", are now taking longer to make their voyages than previously owing to th alosure of the Suez Canal, with the result that they cannot now make as many calls at Hong Kong in the course of a year as they would have under normal circuns'BNOSS. Instead of the sight voyages a year they would have nade, on which they would have called at Hong Kong outwardbound and homewardbound, they will now only complete about seven voyages and will be terminating at Hong Kong instead of Japan, with the result that they will only be naking one call there on each voyage instead of two, l'owever, their calls will be for periods of four or five days instead of two calls of two days each, so that the time spent in Hong Kong will be about the same.
We have also had to cancel one call at Hong Kong by am *IBERIA" which should have been there from 29 February to 2 March 1968. This is also the result of the closure of the Suez Canal, sinos the diversion via the Cape does not leave the ship time to go up to Hong Kong on her way from Australia to V.K.'
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Dear Mr. Saker,
BOAC:
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ATC 13/4 (15)
In paragraph 2 of Hong Kong telegram No. 1355 of 7th September, about the attitude of major airlines and shipping companies to the promotion of travel to Hong Kong, an unfavourable comparison was made of BOAC's attitude with that of Pan Am's to air freighting Hong Kong newspapers free of charge to certain places overseas.
Our PI (CA) Branch was asked to comment on this and their reply is as follows:-
2.
"Free carriage can only be undertaken by Pan Am without a breach of IATA regulations if they have received a Government directive; presumably the Hong Kong Government directed them. Technically they are still in breach since we have qualified the resolution dealing with Government directives to say that our specific approval must be obtained where carriage to and from the U.K. or British territories overseas is concerned. Presumably Hong Kong Government would be somewhat embarrassed if we leaked the information given in their telegram to IATA and Pan Am were heavily fined in consequence;
we, therefore, propose to say nothing more on this head.
With regard to BOAC, because of the policy considerations involved, we deprecate directives for free transport being given to the Corporations by other Governments. If the need arises for free transport we prefer the case to be referred to us and, if we think it is justified, we issue the directives ourselves. Prima facie, this case would not have been one where we would have considered a directive justified; we consider that Government business should be paid for by the Government and not subsidised by the airlines. However, this question apart, in view of our general attitude to the issuing of directives, the Corporations, with our approval, normally refuse to accept a directive from anyone other than us.'
Mr. R. K. Saker
Aviation and Telecommunications Department
Commonwealth Office
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The Ministry of Defence (Army) has offered an Army Information Team (AIT) with recent experience in Aden, for a six months' tour at a cost of about Hong Kong dollars 250,000. The team is due to be disbanded if we do not want it so a decision must be given quickly.
2. I believe that this team would be useful even for so short a time. Apart from anything else, it will enable us to assess the value of this work and how best to expand the G.I.S. to take over the long term responsibility. On the other hand, the cost
is heavy and I do not consider that we should be asked to bear more than a small part. A possible alternative would be for us to employ the Officer-in-charge only. In any case we shall need a detailed breakdown of costs before committing ourselves.
3. I would be grateful if you would, as a matter or urgency, obtain a decision on how it is proposed to share the costs of the AIT and also arrange for a detailed breakdown of these costs to be sent to us.
Sir D. Trench
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You will probably by now have been informed by M.O.D. that the maximum possible cost to Hong Kong of this team was miscalculated and will not exceed Hong Kong dollars 60,000 for 6 months.
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3. The above figure is given as a maximum in a signal dated 26 October from M.O.D. to H.Q. British Forces here. Grateful if you could inform me what the exact figure will be.
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We spoke on Friday about Nigel Watt's letter to John Peck, a copy of which is attached. I shall be sending shortly an interim reply on the part of John Peck and would be grateful if you could let me have any special comments by telephone.
2.
I have discussed the letter with Miss Stowe in JIPGD and these are our conclusions:
Paragraph 2. It would appear that Mr. Watt does not want a replacement for Mr. Rivett-Carnac when he leaves in December. He would, however, like some assistance in May next year and has suggested that Mr. Ellis of your News Department should be seconded to Hong Kong for this purpose. you will have views on this subject.
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Paragraph 5. In the end the decision on sponsored tours rests with Hong Kong since they will have to suit the bill. Clearly the experience in the past has not been happy and a lot depends on local handling in such cases. Hong Kong's special problems (the constitutional, social and labour situation) do not make handling very easy of diffi- cult and articulate correspondents.
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4. The phrase about building activities in Hong Kong quoted by the Governor at his meeting with J.I.P.C. was in fact taken from one of our 5.1.8. festures, written under a syndication arrangement with agents in Test European countries. If Roxall in the Hong Kong Government's office in Pall Mall does not already send oopies of articles in this series to J.I.P.G.D. he might pertaps be asked to A. CO It would in any case
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5. Sponsored Tours I must confess that I am not very taken with the aŭggestion that senior staff members of overseas newspapers
unfortunate should be invited to visit Hong Kong. To have had a experiences on this front in the past, having been let dow badly by writers such as Tom Stacey of the Sunday Times (some four years ago) and Mart in Page of the Sunday Mirror. Cook refers in this connexion to Western Europe, and in particular to West Germany. As it happens, West Germany is one country where, through a freakish set of eiroumstances, G.1.5. has virtually unlimited access to the mars-circulation illustrated magasines, and this has been of great help to us in the maintenaro of Hong Kong West German trade relations, often under difficult circumstances.
New York 6. I note Cook's intention to write separately to B.1.8. about the influence in the Par Bast of "Time" and "Newsweek", and would express the hope that, if he does so, the question of their coverage of Hong Kong affairs will be touched on circumspectly. We have very good relations with both the Tim/Life and "ewsweek bureaux here in Borg Kong and I feel they have done a satisfactory job of reporting
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Lord Shepherd asked me to let him have a
short piece which he might include in his Report
on Hong Kong about information work there.
2. I enclose a possible draft which I have
cleared with Mr. Hall. I am not sure whether
this is exactly what lord Shepherd wants, but it may perhape serve as a starting point. It is, of course, the Political Department who are primarily responsible for any instructions or guidance to be given to the Governor on internal dispositions
in Hong Kong. My side of the house is primarily concerned with the external publicity.
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Possible Passage on Information Fork for in) Lord Shepherd's keport on his visit to Hear
Information
It is of major importance that what we are doing in Hong Kong
should be known and understood externally and internally.
2. The external problem is that of sustaining international
confidence in Hong Kong, and seeing that the world has a balanced
picture of events and achievements in the colony. A good deal is
happening on this front. A Working Group in London is co-ordinating
the effort, and a flow of material is being fed to posts and inte all
appropriate media. Hong Kong have had an officer from London on
secondment with the job of gearing local efforts to fit in with the
needs of the world-wide operation. A substantially increased flow
of material from Hong Kong has been arranged and there is now a good
and creative working liaisen between the information machine in
London and the Department in Hong Kong. The Embassy in Tokyo have
seconded a Japanese speaking officer to Hong Xong. It is planned to
send a feature writer from the 0.0.I. to join the Hong Kong
Information Department.
3.
Internally there are a series of asparated but related problema
how to counter attempts by the P.L.A. to subvert troops on frontier
duty: how to nautralise Chinese communist activity with fishermen
and agriculturists in the new territories: and, most important of all
how not only to counter communist propaganda in Hong Kong but to
sustain the morale or the Hong Kong Chinese and bring them to an
understanding of the purpose and poliay of the Hong Kong Goverment.
My impression was that there is at present a gulf between Government
and people in Hong Kong which urgently needs bridging. I believe
this "hearts and minds" problem has got to be tackled much more
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Hong Kong from the outside.
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I enclose for your information a copy of a confidential paper setting out the views of the Over- seas Public Relations Co-Ordination Committee in Hong Kong on steps to maintain overseas confidence in Hong Kong. A copy is being sent separately to Carrocher as a member of my Publicity Liaison Committee.
It is a working paper not intended for publication but for the use of members of the Committee in Hong Kong and their counterparts over- seas.
If you have any comments on anything in the paper, I should be grateful if you could let me have them.
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