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disruptive effect on our evacuation plans.
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We would therefore be grateful if you would approach Swires at Managing Director/Chairman level as soon as possible to sensitise them to these wider issues and to attempt to persuade
them to delay both the date of suspension of flights for at least
a few days, and to delay any public announcement of the
suspension as long as possible and at least until we have
finalised evacuation plans. This is unlikely to be
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If Swires are unreceptive, we will consider a high level
approach to Swire Brothers in London. However, we consider that
an approach at the senior operational level in Hong Kong, where
the decision to suspend flights was likely to have been taken, is likely to be effective.
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