transmitted. I said that there had not; but that the nature of our offer was unchanged. He then suggested that it appeared from Lord Glenarthur's reply to his letter to the Prime Minister that Lord Glenarthur had not passed on his request for a call on the Secretary of State and Prime Minister. I said that this was not so. Lord Glenarthur's letter had been a reply to the points he had made in his own letter. Separately from that, Mr Lee had said that he might be coming back to London. We had been waiting for him to confirm that he was going to do this. Now that he had done so, we were offering him calls on both Lord Glenarthur and the Secretary of State.
5.
Mr Lee merely said that it was a pity that his delegation had come so far to be turned away a second time. I replied that senior officials would be happy to receive the entire delegation. He asked whether this meant a call on you. I said that it would either be you or, more likely, Mr McLaren. He said that he would consult the members of his delegation and ring me back.
6.
I did not offer a call on Mrs Bottomley.
18 January 1988
David away
David Reddaway
PS/Lord Glenarthur