TNAG-0716-FCO40-912-Air-hijacking-and-the-Dependent-Territories-1978 — Page 52

Mr Duff, WIAD, K226

Mr Snodgrass, PDTD, K229A

Mr M B Collins, MCD, K365A

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Mr Hickson, SAmD, K274 Mr Brown, SED, W134A Mr Thomson, HKGD, K245

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WORKING PARTY OF OVERSEAS INCIDENTS HIJACKING IN A DT

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(77)

Following Mr Goodenough's (MAED) minute of 8 November 1977 addressed to me and Mr Quantrill's reply of 30 December (both copied to your Department) we are endeavouring to assemble copies of Standing Instructions or Contingency Plans on Hijacking for each DT as requested in paragraph 6 of Mr Champion's (GGD) circular

Cory attached) letter HX 21/1 of 20 December 1973.

Copies & these

are on the Amkx

3 HX 21/501/1

1974

(39) HX 21/501/

19741

(F) on 1KK 21/9 (17) m H x 21/501/3 (6) on Ḥx 21/501/3

1475

1975.

2. We have copies of the following Standing Instructions or Contingency Plans on our files of the following Territories which were provided following Mr Champion's request:

Date

Amendments

Montserrat

Standing Instructions

26/2/74

6/3/74

9/9/74

Gibraltar

Standing Instructions

26/3/74

10/6/74

and Contingency Plans

Hong Kong

Standing Instructions

15/2/74

Ascension

Solomons

Standing Instructions Contingency Plans

24/10/75

5/6/75

3. We are unable to trace copies of Standing Instructions or Contingency Plans for the following:·

(ANGUILLA See (37) on HX 21/301/1B).

WIAD

PDTD

SAMD

MCD

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Anguilla, Bermuda, BVI, Caymans, St Helena,

Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos, WAS Gilberts, Tuvalu, New Hebrides, Pitcairn

Falkland Islands

Belize

4. Could you let me have by Friday 13 January a copy of any Standing Instructions/Contingency Plans which you may have received for any of the Territories listed in paragraph 3 above, or any additional amendments which you may have received.

5.

After we have received your comments we may have to consider asking Governors to provide Standing Instructions/Contingency Plans if they have not already done so as requested in Mr Champion's circular letter.

4 January 1978

cc: Mr Macoun, OPA K322A

CODE 18-77

J. Jason.

J S Jasper

Hong Kong and General Department K270

233-4069

Mr Jones, Security Dept, M504

$5 10/76

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