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EMEASSY,

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9th July 1982

Dear Prime Minister, I have the honour to transmitthe followingmessage from The Right HonourableMr. Surya BahadurThapa,Prime Minister of Nepal, addressedto you: WITH THANKSTHE "I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE

RECEIPTOF YOUR MESSAGE DELIVEREDTO ME THROUGHTHE BRITISH AMBASSADOR,H.E. MR. JOHN BOYDDENSON.

WHILE EXPRESSINGSINCEREAPPRECIATIONOF YOUR FRIENDLY SENTIMENTSTOWARDSNEPAL, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT HIS MAJESTY'SGOVERNMENTOF NEPAL VALUES ITS TrE7s OF LONG AND TRADITIONALFRIENDSHIPWITH GREAT BRITAIN BASED ON MUTUAL GOODWILLAND UNDERSTANDING. PLEASE ACCEPT,PRIME MINISTER, THE ASSURANCESOF MY HIGH ESTEEM". Yours sincerely,

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JHARENDRAN. SINGHA Ambassador The Rt. Hon. MargaretThatcher,MP Prime Minister 10 DowningStreet London,SW1