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FM KATHMANDU
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TO DESKBY 20080OZ FCO
TELNO 116
OF 20043OZ FEBRUARY 86
TOP COPY
AND TO DESKBY 20113OZ HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
FOLLOWING FOR PRIVATE OFFICE FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY
ROBERT ADLEY
1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS SEEN FCO TELNO'S 334 AND 335 TO
HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO C01 TO KATHMANDU.
2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE STRONGLY AGREES WITH THE ACTION PROPOSED
IN PARA 5 OF FCO TELNO 334 AND IN HONG KONG TELNO 001.
3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE AGREES THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PIN DOWN
THIS STORY AS QUICKLY AND AND AS AUTHORITATIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF MR ADLEY'S INTERVIEW WITH RTHK (HONG KONG TELNO
541) SOUND ODD. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS TOLD EARLIER BY MR
ADLEY THAT IT WAS PERSONALLY INCONVENIENT FOR HIM TO MAKE THE TRIP.
IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT BRITISH AIRWAYS MAY HAD HAD SECOND THOUGHTS
ABOUT A PROMOTION FLIGHT INVOLVING A CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE. THESE
FACTORS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PRESENT PROBLEM. IN ANY EVENT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE AGREES THAT THIS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED UP
EXTREMELY VIGOROUSLY WITH MR ADLEY, WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS AND
WITH THE APPROPRIATE CONTACTS IN HONG KONG.
HURRELL
LIMITED
HKD
PS/MR RENTON
SIR W. HARDING
ARR 007/8
2 CFEB 1986
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