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REPORTS AND ASSESSMENT.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SEVEN IN CAPITALS CONCERNED SHOULD
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FCO TELNO 488 OF 22 AUGUST TO BONN: BONN DECLARATION ON AIR HIJACKING
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTS ON THE OUTCOME OF APPROACHES TO OTHER
GOVERNMENTS.
2. A SECOND MEETING OFF OFFICIALS OF SUMMIT GOVERNMENTS TOOK PLACE IN OTTAWA ON 2 AND 3 OCTOBER, INTER ALIA TO EVALUATE THE DIPLOMATIC DEMARCHES. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR IN EACH POST SHOULD CALL A MEETING TO CONSIDER WHETHER ANYTHING FURTHER SHOULD BE SAID TO TO COUNTRIES THAT HAD NOT YET RESPONDED AND WHETHER TO EXPRESS THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAD MADE STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT, MY 2 IFT'S CONTAIN THE TEXTS RESPECTIVELY OF:
1) AN AGREED PAPER ON ''FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN CAPITALS OF
THIRD STATES'' →
(11) (NOT REPEATED TO INFORMATION ADDRESSEES, WHO SHOULD REFER TO OTTAWA TELNO 592 TO FCO) AN AGREED LIST OF TALKING POINTS (NOT TO BE HANDED OUT AS A DOCUMENT) TO SERVE THE DUAL PURPOSE OF ANSWERING ENQUIRIES AT POSTS AND BY THE PRESS.
3. POSTS HAVE DISCRETION, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT WAS AGREED AT OTTAWA AND IN CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SEVEN, ON WHETHER A FURTHER APPROACH TO THE GOVERNMENT CONCERNED SHOULD BE MADE AND, IF SO, ITS MANNER, CONTENT AND TIMING. PLEASE REPORT BY 31
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