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KATHMANDU PERSONAL FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY

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PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY FROM GOVERNOR KATHMANDU TELNO 116: ROBERT ADLEY -MP

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1. MY PRIVATE SECRETARY SPOKE THIS AFTERNOON TO BA'S GENERAL MANAGER IN HONG KONG (WILSON). WILSON SAID THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN HAPPY AT THE INCLUSION OF ADLEY IN WHAT WAS PRIMARILY A GROUP OF NORTHERN MPS INVITED BECAUSE OF THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL INTEREST IN THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER - HONG KONG LINK AND HAD QUESTIONED HIS SUITABILITY WITH BA IN LONDON. THIS MESSAGE HAD BEEN PASSED ON FORCIBLY BY HIS PR CONSULTANT, WHO WAS IN LONDON LAST WEEK. WILSON UNDERSTANDS THAT, AS A RESULT OF THIS, BA'S PARLIAMENTARY SECTION TRIED TO DISSUADE ADLEY FROM COMING TO HONG KONG.

2. HOWEVER, WILSON IS ADAMANT THAT NETHER HE NOR ANY OF HIS STAFF HAD ANY CONTACT WITH ANY OFFICIALS IN HONG KONG ABOUT ADLEY'S VISIT (APART FROM PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE ONES ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR. THE WHOLE GROUP) NOR PASSED ON ANY MESSAGE TO LONDON ON THE LINES ALLEGED BY ADLEY. HE HAS EXPRESSED HIS DISMAY AT ADLEY'S ALLEGATIONS AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT THEM. WE DO NOT PROPOSE TO TAKE UP THIS OFFER, AT LEAST FOR THE PRESENT. THE NEXT STEP IS PRESUMABLY FOR YOU TO TAKE ACTION WITH BA IN LONDON (KATHAMNDU TELNO 116)

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