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..In Confidence
1. Thank you for your letter of 1 July about your
Secretary of State's proposed visit to a number of
countries in the Middle Far East.
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2. Lord Carrington is content that Mr Noti should
undertake the visits on the dates suggested subject to
confirmation from our posts that a satisfactory
programme can be arranged within the dates you propose
for the tour. We are now therefore approaching posts for
their views. Until they have approached host governments,
we cannot be sure that the dates for some of the stops
will not need some refinement.
3. In the case of Cyprus, clearly there can be
objection to a visit to the Western Sovereign Base Area,
or to going from there to the Eastern Sovereign Base Area
by helicopter. But a visit to the British contingent
with UNFICYP would, for protocol reasons, necessitate
calls on the Greek and Turkish Cyrpriot leaders. Mr Nott's
visit is likely to come at a particularly delicate stage
in the intercommunal talks. This need not necessarily
rule out a visit to the British contingent, if Mr Nott is
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