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KATHMANDU PERSONAL FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY

PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY

YOUR TELNO 541: ROBERT ADLEY MP

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS TODAY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM

ROBERT ADLEY ENCLOSING A LETTER DATED 18 FEBRUARY WHICH HE HAS SENT TO YOU ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG. THE TEXT OF THIS TO SOME EXTENT EXPLAINS THE REMARKS HE MADE IN

THE INTERVIEW WITH RTHK. SINCE THE LETTER MAY NOT REACH YOU FOR

A FEW DAYS THE FULL TEXT IS IN MIFT.

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ALL THIS IS EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE COMING AT THIS MOMENT. THE ALLEGATION FROM BRITISH AIRWAYS THAT THEY HAD BEEN ADVISED BY OFFICIAL SOURCES IN HONG KONG THAT ADLEY WAS LIKELY TO RECEIVE A

VERY HOSTILE RECEPTION IN HONG KONG AND THAT HE SHOULD BE

DISCOURAGED FROM MAKING THE TRIP SEEMS EXTRAORDINARY. NO DOUBT WISH TO DISCOVER QUICKLY WHETHER THERE IS ANY TRUTH IN

IT.

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WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT ADLEY MEANS IN HIS PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH WHEN HE SAYS HE HAS PRESENTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE. SO FAR AS WE KNOW ALL HE HAS DONE IS TO DRAW

ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF ARTICLES IN THE HONG KONG PRESS.

ADLEY WRITES AT THE END OF HIS LETTER THAT HE PRESUMES

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