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KATHMANDU PERSONAL FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY
MIPT: ROBERT ADLEY MP
BEGINS
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF LETTER FROM ROBERT ADLEY TO YOU:
SOME WEEKS AGO I ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM BRITISH
AIRWAYS TO JOIN A PARTY OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ON AN INAUGURAL
FLIGHT FROM MANCHESTER TO HONG KONG. THEY INVITED ME IN MY
CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH-CHINESE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP.
THE DATES WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED AND THE REVISED DATE OF DEPARTURE IS NOW THIS COMING SATURDAY, 22ND FEBRUARY.
YOU MAY PERHAPS IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I RECEIVED A
PHONE CALL FROM BRITISH AIRWAYS IN LONDON YESTERDAY TO THE EFFECT
THAT THEY HAD BEEN ADVISED BY OFFICIAL SOURCES' IN HONG KONG
THAT I AM LIKELY TO RECEIVE A VERY HOSTILE RECEPTION IN HONG KONG
AND THAT I SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED FROM MAKING THE TRIP.
IT SO HAPPENS THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT FOR ME
TO HAVE TO GO FROM MY DORSET CONSTITUENCY LATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT TO
MANCHESTER AND THENCE TO HONG KONG AND I HAD IN ANY CASE PLANNED BRITISH AIRWAYS, BUT ENABLE ME TO MAINTAIN THE DETAILED SCHEDULE ARRANGED FOR ME IN MALAYSIA, I SHALL NOW FLY DIRECTLY FROM LONDON
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