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FM FCO 251530Z MARCH 1980

TO IMMEDIATE ALGIERS

TELEGRAM NUMBER 50 OF 25 MARCH

AND TO IMMEDIATE LUANDA, CANBERRA, NASSAU, ANTANANARIVO, DACCA, SANA'A, BRIDGETOWN, BRUSSELS, GABORONE, SOFIA, YAOUNDE, OTTAWA, PEKING, KINSHASA, HAVANA, NICOSIA, LAGOS, COPENHAGEN, CAIRO, ADDIS ABABA, SUVA, HELSINKI, PARIS, LIBREVILLE, BANJUL, BONN, ACCRA, DAKAR, GEORGETOWN, NEW DELHI, TEHRAN, BAGHDAD, DUBLIN, ROME, ABIDJAN, KINGSTON, NAIROBI, MASERU, MONROVIA, LUXEMBOURG, TRIPOLI, DAR ES SALAAM, LILONGWE, KUALA LUMPUR, VALLETTA, PORT LOUIS, MEXICO CITY, MAPUTO, TARAWA, THE HAGUE, WELLINGTON, MANAGUA, OSLO, ISLAMABAD, PORT MORESBY, LISBON, BUCHAREST, VICTORIA, FREETOWN, SINGAPORE, HONIARA, MOGADISHU, MOSCOW, COLOMBO, KHARTOUM, MBABANE, MADRID, STOCKHOLM, BERNE, TUNIS, DAMASCUS, NUKU'ALOFA, PORT OF SPAIN, KAMPALA, WASHINGTON, HANOI, BELGRADE, LUSAKA, UKMIS NEW YORK, BRUSSELS,

AND TO INFO IMMEDIATE SALISBURY,

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RHODESIA: INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS : INVITATIONS

UKREP

1. THE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE HELD IN SALISBURY MR MUGABE HAS ON 17/18 APRIL (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE BELOW). ASKED HMG TO ISSUE INVITATIONS TO HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT AS APPROPRIATE ON HIS BEHALF AND GIVEN US A LIST (IN SOME CASES RATHER IDIOSYNCRATIC) OF COUNTRIES WHICH HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INVITED. GIVEN THE SHORTAGE OF TIME FOR PREPARATIONS AND LIMITED HOTEL AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN SALISBURY, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE SIZE OF DELEGATIONS SHOULD BE STRICTLY LIMITED. SMALLER COUNTRIES SHOULD BE DISCREETLY ENCOURAGED TO SEND MESSAGES RATHER THAN REPRESENTATIVES (AGAIN SEE BELOW). SUBJECT TO QUALIFICATIONS IN PARAGRAPHS 5 TO 7 BELOW, POSTS SHOULD TAKE EARLY ACTION TO ISSUE INVITATIONS BY NOTE VERBALE ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES.

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(USUAL BEGINNING) AND HAS THE HONOUR, ON BEHALF OF THE

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