of a once-weekly service to Hong Kong.
This examination
proved inconclusive with experts on both sides
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differing to the interpretation of the figures.
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The Dutch eventually wrote on 20 April/to call the
exercise off.
4.
Mr. Luns, with whom the subject has become
something of an obsession, predictably raised the matter
1970 with the Secretary of State on 30 Junejat Luxembourg.
This was followed by a call on the Secretary of State
by the Netherlands Ambassador on 31 July who left an
aide memoire rehearsing the Dutch case. This is broadly
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Netherland have
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that they have never refused the U.K. any request for
traffic rights, that after the U.K. they are the next
biggest trading partner of Hong Kong and that of the
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countries with airlines operating to the Far East they
are the only country without rights at Hong Kong.
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5. The Secretary of State said that he would take the
matter up with his colleagues. On 18 August the
Chancellor wrote to the President of the Board of Trade
with copies to the Defence Secretary and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer. (A copy of the letter is at Annex
The President of the BoT how nor yet replind. A). re havepot yet received a reply,
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6. The Governor may also raise the question of
United Arab Airlines (UAA) rights at Hong Kong. In the
recent air services negotiations with the UAR the
traffic rights that UAA at present enjoy at Hong Kong
proved to be one of the main obstacles to reaching an
agreement.
we denounced the Air Services Agreement with
the UAR last year on the grounds of a large and persistent
imbalance of earnings between the airlines of the two
There are very sides, and it will expire on 6 October. 3
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was done
(This unfortunately without the governor being informed)
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