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THERE WAS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO IN THE CATCHING-UP BEFORE WE COULD RELAX ON THIS. IF THEREFORE SI A WANTED TO MOUNT HKG-USA
SE CES HE WOULD EXPECT THEM TO MAKE COMPENSATING REDUCTIONS
ELSEWHERE, THE MOST OBVIOUS AREA BEING THEIR SERVICES OVER HKG TO 'JAPAN.
5. HE ALSO MENTIONED (A) THE SI A APPLICATION TO PUT ON TWO
FREIGHTER SERVICES TO THE US A FROM APRIL 1978 AND SAID THAT WE
WERE PRESENTLY EXAMINING THIS AND WOULD BE LETTING THEM HAVE OUR
RESPONSE IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. (B) SI A PLANS TO
MOUNT WIDE-BODIED SERVICES THROUGH HKG TO OSA ONCE OSA WAS OPENED TO INTERNATIONAL WIDE BODIED SERVICES. WE COULD NOT ACCEPT A ONE-FOR
-ONE SUBSTITUTION WHICH SI A CONFIRMED WAS THEIR INTENTION.
6. THE DISCUSSION WAS CONDUCTED IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE THOUGH
LIM WAS CLEARLY TAKEN ABACK. HE SAID THEY WOULD EXAMINE THE SITUATION AS A MATTER OF SOME URGENCY WHEN HE GOT BACK TO SINGAPORE (TOMORROW)
AND THEY WOULD THEN LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH US AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE MID JANUARY IN LONDON WAS SUGGESTED. IN THE
MEANTIME HE ASKED THAT WE EXAMINE WHETHER THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT
WE WOULD WANT FROM SINGAPORE IN THE WAY OF EXTRA RIGHTS.
7. WE DISCUSSED THE LATTER BRIEFLY DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS IN HONG
KING WHEN ASIDE FROM EAST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE RIGHTS THE ONLY OTHER RIGHTS OF ANY VALUE THAT MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING WERE
THOUGHT TO BE SIN-PER. SINCE THEN B A HAS CONFIRMED ITS INTENTION
TO CEASE OPERATING OVER HKG TO EAST AUSTRALIA AND WE COULD HARDLY
CONTEMPLATE IN ADDITION THEIR SACRIFICING SOME OF THEIR SIN-PER
SERVICES TO ALLOW CPA ON THAT ROUTE. THAT IS ASIDE FROM THE PROBLEMS
IT WOULD POSE VIS A VIS THE AUSTRALIANS. WE HOPE THEREFORE YOU WOULD
AGREE THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE PURSUED ANY FURTHER.
8. ARE THERE ANY OTHER RIGHTS TO OR BEYOND SIN THAT YOU THINK SHOULD
BE CONSIDERED.
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