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RECEIV REGISTRYNDÍ - 2 JUN 1972
(3/548/4
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A SIGNAL KCD280 RECEIVED FROM CRAF HONG KONG QUOTE FOR GCSO PD HK GOVERNMENT HAS PASSED ME COPY OF TELEGRAM 512 FROM SECRETARY OF STATE TO PEKING PD THIS TELEGRAM COMMENTS ON A PROGRAMME PROPOSED BY MR ROYLE FOR ASCOT 2319 PD INTER ALIA THE TELEGRAM SUGGESTS THAT CHINESE NAVIGATOR AND RADIO OPERATOR BE DI SEMBARKED AT KAI TAK AFTER 2319 HAS MADE DIRECT FLIGHT PEKING TO HONG KONG PD THE SCHEDULE PROPOSED BY FCO TO PEKING IS DEPART HOCG KONG 060125 CMM CANTON 060210/060340 CMM SHANGHAI 061545/061715 CMM. PEKING 060915/861215 CMM ARRIVE KAI TAK 061505 PD THIS TELEGRAM ALSO ASKS IF WE COULD EXTEND OPENING HOURS AND WHETHER WE
COULD REDUCE STILL FURTHER THE 2 HOURS 15 MIN TURNROUND TIME AT KAI C WA DEPART HONG
TAK PD HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ASKED FOR MY COMMENTS PD I HAVE CONFIR- MED THAT DCA WILL AUTHORISE THE EXTENTION OF RUNWAY OPENING HOURS FOR FLT 2319 IF NECESSARY PD I ALSO AGREED THAT WE WILL FURTHER REDUCE TURNROUND AT KAI TAK TO 2 HOURS AND I CONSIDER THIS ABSOLUTE MINIMUM FOR PLANNING PURPOSES PD I HAVE PASSED THIS INFO TO HK GOVERNMENT
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