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05 OCT 1980
CONFIDENTIAL FM SANAA TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 315 OF 02113OZ OCTOBER 88
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FOR ROYAL MATTERS SECTION.
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YOUR TELNO 194.
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I AM SORRY TO HEAR OF THIS POSTPONEMENT. I UNDERSTAND FULLY, HOWEVER, THE DIFFICULTIES WITH AIRCRAFT DESPITE THE FACT THAT IN FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES IN SANA'A ARE NOT HIGH, DROPPING BELOW ZERO AT NIGHT.
2. THE SPRING RAINY SEASON IS MARCH/APRIL AND THE MAIN RAINS ARE IN LATE JULY AUGUST. RAMADHAN, COINCIDING IN 1989 WITH APRIL, SHOULD DEFINITELY BE AVOIDED AS SHOULD THE ID AL KABIR IN MID- JULY. I SUGGEST THAT IF IT IS CONVENIENT FOR OTHER REASONS, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER REVISED DATES EITHER IN MAY JUNE OR IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER (SEPTEMBER 26 IS THE NATIONAL DAY). AT EITHER PERIOD CLIMATIC CONDITIONS WOULD BE PROPITIOUS BOTH FOR BUSINESS AND FOR SIGHT SEEING.
MARSHALL.
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SIR R BUCKLEY, (ST JAMES'S PALACE) MR GAVIN, NNNN
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