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RS 500
CYPHER CAT/A
FM HONG KONG 25090OZ
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KALLIVED IN
REGISTRY NO. 51
\1 APR 1977
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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NO 315 OF 25 MARCH
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK.
TODAY'S ''STANDARD'' CARRIES LONG FRONT-PAGE STORY UNDER
SENSATIONAL HEADLINE ''KISSINGER'S SHOCK VIEWS ON ISRAEL''
THIS ALLEGES THAT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS FOUND IN A SUITCASE
AT KAI TAK AIRPORT RELATING TO DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN KISSINGER
AND NOCOLAS MONDJO, THE PREMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AT THE UNITED NATIONS, SHOW
THAT KISSINGER'S PRIVATE VIEW OF ISRAEL AND EGYPT WAS AT
VARIANCE WITH HIS OFFICIAL UTTERANCES.
2. NOT UNEXPECTEDLY, THE STORY IS A GROTESQUE DISTORTION.
3. FACTS ARE THAT A NUMBER OF CONGOLESE DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS
WERE FOUND INSIDE AN ABANDONED, UNLABELLED SUITCASE AT THE HONG KONG AIR CARGO TERMINAL LIMITED (HACTL) ON 18 MARCH TOGETHER WITH FIVE REVOLVERS, 170 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION AND OTHER PERSONAL
EFFECTS.
4. THE SUITCASE ARRIVED FROM PARIS ON AN AIR FRANCE FLIGHT ON
10 JUNE 1976 AND POSSIBLY ORIGINATED IN BOSTON. IT HAS LAIN
UNCLAIMED SINCE THEN, BUT WHEN HACTL BECAME WORRIED ABOUT
MOUNTING STORAGE CHARGES, THEY OPENED IT WITH A VIEW TO
AUCTIONING THE CONTENTS, HACTL ARE UNABLE TO FIND OUT WHO THE
CONSIGNOR OR CONSIGNEE WAS.
5. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SUITCASE WAS DESTINED TO BE LOADED
ON TO PRESIDENT BONGO'S PRIVATE AIRCRAFT WHICH ARRIVED ON HONG
KONG ON 11 JULY 1976. AIR FRANCE WERE THE HANDLING AGENTS FOR
THIS AIRCRAFT.
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6. THE DOCUMENTS,