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TO PRIGRITY FCO TELNO 182 OF 16 FEBRUARY 1978

INFO PRIORITY MANILA..

YOUR TELNO 28 TO MANILA: LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS.

WE SHALL BE DELIGHTED TO SEE THE MINISTER OF STATE IN HONG KONG

AGAIN FOR HOWEVER SHORT A TIME AND I SHALL MEET HIM AT THE AIRPORT AT 1705 ON 19 MARCH.

2. UNLESS BRITISH AIRWAYS IMPROVES CONSIDERABLY ON ITS RECENT

TIME-KEEPING THERE IS RISK THAT BA 860 WILL ARRIVE AFTER ETD OF

PR307. HM AMBASSADOR MANILA MAY KNOW HOW LONG PHILIPPINE AIRLINES WOULD BE PREPARED TO DELAY TAKE-OFF. THE ONLY LATER FLIGHT TO MANILA IS QF 28 ETD 2030. THE NEXT IS CX 901 ETD 0900 20 MARCH (AND I WOULD OF COURSE BE GLAD TO PUT UP MINISTER AND BACON FOR THE

NIGHT). YOU WILL NO DOUBT LET US KNOW WHETHER WE SHOULD

MAKE PROVISIONAL BOOKINGS BY EITHER FLIGHT.

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