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reveal names and enhance the potential credit for HMG for having secured their help. But premature publicity could undermine their chances of success, or even of their continued involvement on our behalf.

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For your background information, we are aware of the following private individuals who have tried, or are trying, to intervene on behalf of British hostages (some of them at our instigation):

The Rt Hon Edward Heath MP

British parliamentarians:

Mr Bob Parry MP

Mr Dennis Canavan MP

Mr Ronald Campbell MP

British Muslim delegation:

Yusuf Islam

Idris Mears

Liaqat Hussein

Ahmed Versi

Sher Azam

Bashir Maan

Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC and Sue Ryder

Mr Richard Branson

Canon Paul Oestreicher

Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Drew

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