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Sir Murray MacLehose said that they were going
well. There had been a set-back because the
head of the NCNA, Mr Leung, had had to go into
hospital in Peking. But he had got himself
invited when the Chinese Ping Pong Team visited
Hong Kong, and had had a talk with Mr Li, and had
always ready
said he was already to see him. He was moving
towards the position where he and the head of
the NCNA would go to each others National Day
receptions; but first he had asked Mr Dick Lee
to arrange for them to meet over a meal. This
contact should be helpful by the time the
Prime Minister's visit to China. Moreover the
normalisation of relations with the NCNA would
help if we ever changed our minds over Chinese
representation.
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Mr Wilford said that Sir John Addis had
spoken in strong terms to the Chinese about their recent demands
latest requirements over China Airlines. Mr Royle
said that if the Chinese press does too much on
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this, we would rather drop the agreement than
ditch Cathay Pacific Airways. Sir Murray MacLehos
said he did not think the Chinese would drop the question allogetter. It might homeright
go into abeyance. agreement - at the worst it may go into abeyance
so
He thought we should beep
for a while,
Japanese.
If they decided to put pressure
on
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conceivable that
China Airlines would chase their name
ratter
than lose their traffic mighty. & to the problem for Hay Kay would disappear.
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