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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE NEW DELHI

TELNO 159

OF 17100OZ FEBRUARY 88

AND TO IMMEDIATE KATHMANDU

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG

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1 FEB 1988

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MDHOAN 8924

FROM PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

DELHI TELNO 19 TO KATHMANDU/KATHMANDU TELNO 40 (NOT TO HONG KONG): LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT

FOR DELHI

1. THANK YOU FOR TUR. LORD GLENARTHUR WOULD LIKE TO STICK TO OUR PLAN TO TRAVEL TO DELHI ON RA 217 ON 3 MARCH.

2. WE HAVE ALREADY MADE RESERVATIONS ON BA146 ON 4 MARCH. FOR KATHMANDU

3. THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE IN YOUR TUR. I AM AFRAID THAT WE HAVE COMMITMENTS IN HONG KONG DURING THE MORNING OF 27 FEBRUARY

WHICH WE CANNOT ABANDON. LORD GLENARTHUR HOPES THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO EXERT LEVERAGE IN KATHMANDU ON RNAC TO ENSURE THAT

ANOTHER ROUTE SUFFERS FROM ANY SHORTAGE OF AIRCRAFT RATHER THAN OURS. (IF RNAC FAIL TO MATERIALISE, THE ONLY (VERY UNSATISFACTORY ALTERNATIVE WE CAN FIND INVOLVES LEAVING HONG KONG AT 1730 VIA SINGAPORE, ETA KATHMANDU AT 1115 ON 28 FEBRUARY.)

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