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FM MANILA 178820Z
CONFIDENTIAL
A
TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 034 OF 17 FEBRUARY 1978
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG.
HONG KONG TELNO 182 TO FCO: LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS.
1. I DO NOT EXCLUDE POSSIBILITY OF PAL DELAYING THEIR FLIGHT IF ASKED FOR HALF AN HOUR OR SO BUT WE SHOULD NOT COUNT ON MORE: AND ARRANGING THIS IN ADVANCE WOULD BE EMBARRASING AS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ON ARGUMENT THAT BRITISH AIRWAYS CANNOT BE COUNTED
ON TO KEEP TO THEIR SCHEDULES.
2. I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WORTH ASKING, THEREFORE, FOR PROVISIONAL BOOKINGS AS SUGGESTED IN TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE THOUGH I VERY MUCH HOPE MINISTER CAN ARRVIE ON 19 MARCH AS HIS PROGRAMME HERE WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNDULY COMPRESSED.
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SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI,
MR MURRAY
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