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NS OF A FOREIGN OFFICE MANDARIN Or = __—_ a oe he e eha aMe g sii ti e t aaes e - f 24 Hour Telephone Renewals 0845 071 4343 HARINGEY LIBRARIES B= THIS BOOK MUST BE RETURNED ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DATE MARKED BELOW Haringey Council tY LIBRARY a? JUN 7HiR A-6-16 143 OCT 2019 Online renewals at libraries.haringey.gov.uk 70001612029 2 Also by Sherard Cowper-Coles CABLES FROM KABUL ~~ SHERARD COWPER-COLES Ever The Diplomat Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin Hs Harper Press \ HarperPress An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB www.harpercollins.co.uk This HarperPress paperback edition published 2013 1 First publisheidn Great Britain by HarperPress in 2012 Copyright © Sherard Cowper-Coles 2012 Sherard Cowper-Coles asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-00-743601-9 = Ce | 1 Haringey Libraries YY FSC ther Askews & Holts |06-Nov-2013 FSC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by * way of trade or otherwis: e, be lent, re-sold, hi. red out or otherwis. e : circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. For Harry, Rupert, Minna, Freddy, Myles and Louise \, Foreigna nd Commonwealth Office British Embassy Tel Aviv tr Sherard Cowper-Coles SherardC owper-Coles Principal Private Secretary HLM. Ambassador ‘Tel4 017922H( 0)3a7 25y 12S4ta4r eFeratx,. Tk+ e0lA7o v2(i 0vn61 2954 2075 1572 Telephone: 0171M o2b7i0l e2:0 d50o98 n85 FS awc2si2i 1m3i2l4e: 0171 270 ; 2144 e-mail: [email protected] Sherard Cowper-Coles Sherard Cowper-Coles Scrutineer HM. Ambassador + 4966 (0)1 4880 077E xt.2 202 t me ; 5866( 01)4 08125, ee Mable:S oratc ompecr ie@s cog ovak Foreign and Commonwealth Office Tetephone: 071-210-6841 Wad:w ere brlshembasey.opw ubisausiarabia London SWIA 2AF Facsimile: 071-210-6073 SIR SHERARD COWPER-COLES KCMG LvO \d s. Shoviand Coupon.G ola Foreign & |, Common’ Finst Secrclany (Chancery) Office Washington DE. Sed: fox)4 62.1340 a ss | Sit cet | 75383 ParisC edex0 8 Téléphone: 0 144.51 32075 British Embassy i eee Télécopie :0 14 4513 4.85 Kabul 15th Street Roundabout ed ae & Wazir Akbar Khan Kabul Tel: +93 (0) 798018708 Aas aS ° wenw.fco.gov.uk mobileemail. fone.net Pi e pa9S aylyet : AsleyH TBNete ibe VTAY UygAaVd ( -) 1 EAA WW aha AVG.) VERA TN0 : cl WAV.) 0 OBL EAN : lnm IaihoalB aelgl sherard.cowper-coles @tc0.gov.uk ; Sls ay MEO ene Ape www. WEM.OTG.88 : oa! le Ualige SYRAY YaotsJ 3x On M01 Mw ea 2 e wit 29 Sal DaIp-rDIp TRAW tnt altc ys pie Phy : Be Sl pis0 Fy Bis acd ny ORAS yaw $3405 Dax dn 192 porn aim 03-527 1572 .ppa 03-725 1244.50 aes Jr e-mail: [email protected] aA GNA SAVE sibs wow beiteenborg i GAPG eW er Vetoes ast AAT Nee bo tt . APP IT mn, Sherard. Cowper-Coles@ico. uk Sia www fo.g O scale ets 3 s - Ss ee (rel) ob 4 cee Bherard Cowper - Coles : ‘ mation) £ thd plea f 6 la ra asl 5 Ait Sesond Bonrtory nis " At¥*¥9 OS — Syl ; YrAo¥ {43 ll - — Buttoh Embavoy 1 Aefanmed M- oGatnhaa rs Setr.. Cairo & toh Golss enees Gal, 20858-9 Sherard Cowper-Coles + i By Head of Hong Kong Department ay @ % SWIA. 2AH TotenS wine O6 Telephone: 071-270-2647 $2 HE + 071-270-2647 «MM: 071-270-3387 Facsimile : Nae Lia ai e i ci 7 ; .