TNAG-0751-FCO40-955-Visit-of-Lord-Goronwy-Roberts--Minister-of-State-for-Foreign-1978 — Page 17

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FM MANILA 178820Z

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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 034 OF 17 FEBRUARY 1978

AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG.

HONG KONG TELNO 182 TO FCO: LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS.

1. I DO NOT EXCLUDE POSSIBILITY OF PAL DELAYING THEIR FLIGHT IF ASKED FOR HALF AN HOUR OR SO BUT WE SHOULD NOT COUNT ON MORE: AND ARRANGING THIS IN ADVANCE WOULD BE EMBARRASING AS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ON ARGUMENT THAT BRITISH AIRWAYS CANNOT BE COUNTED

ON TO KEEP TO THEIR SCHEDULES.

2. I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WORTH ASKING, THEREFORE, FOR PROVISIONAL BOOKINGS AS SUGGESTED IN TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE THOUGH I VERY MUCH HOPE MINISTER CAN ARRVIE ON 19 MARCH AS HIS PROGRAMME HERE WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNDULY COMPRESSED.

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SIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI,

MR MURRAY

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