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GRS 100 CONFIDENTIAL

FM KATHMANDU

CONFIDENTIAL

TO DESKBY 20080OZ FCO

TELNO 116

OF 20043OZ FEBRUARY 86

TOP COPY

AND TO DESKBY 20113OZ HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR

FOLLOWING FOR PRIVATE OFFICE FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY

ROBERT ADLEY

1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS SEEN FCO TELNO'S 334 AND 335 TO

HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO C01 TO KATHMANDU.

2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE STRONGLY AGREES WITH THE ACTION PROPOSED

IN PARA 5 OF FCO TELNO 334 AND IN HONG KONG TELNO 001.

3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE AGREES THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PIN DOWN

THIS STORY AS QUICKLY AND AND AS AUTHORITATIVELY AS POSSIBLE.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF MR ADLEY'S INTERVIEW WITH RTHK (HONG KONG TELNO

541) SOUND ODD. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS TOLD EARLIER BY MR

ADLEY THAT IT WAS PERSONALLY INCONVENIENT FOR HIM TO MAKE THE TRIP.

IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT BRITISH AIRWAYS MAY HAD HAD SECOND THOUGHTS

ABOUT A PROMOTION FLIGHT INVOLVING A CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE. THESE

FACTORS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PRESENT PROBLEM. IN ANY EVENT

THE SECRETARY OF STATE AGREES THAT THIS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED UP

EXTREMELY VIGOROUSLY WITH MR ADLEY, WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS AND

WITH THE APPROPRIATE CONTACTS IN HONG KONG.

HURRELL

LIMITED

HKD

PS/MR RENTON

SIR W. HARDING

ARR 007/8

2 CFEB 1986

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