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IN AUSWER TO A QUESTION, DEITZ SAID HE HAD NO INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED BRA BRITISH MIDLAND ATHWAYS SERVICE (STEPENOTAM COPENHAGEN) AND SAID HE WAS WITHOUT HRSTRUCTIONS ON THE OTHER
PROPOSED HEV SERVICES. GOODENOUGH ACCEPTED THIS, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE SCANDANAVIAMS WERE UIDER A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO
GRANT OPERATING PERMITS AND THAT IF THEY DID NOT DO SO, WE WOULD
HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS.
1.
04 RESUMING NECOTIATIONS ON 85 JANUARY, GOODENOUGH. SAID
THAT WE COULD NOT NOW CONFIRM THAT ME VERE READY TO DO SO.
THE SCANDANAV17 IS' DENUNCIATION HAD PITRODUCED A NEW FACTOR.
WE MIGHT NEED MORE TIME. NEVERTHELESS, WE WERE READY TO NEGOTIATE
CONSTRUCTIVELY 10 DUE COURSE.
5. MY THIRD IMMEDIATE FOLLOWING TELEGRAM CONTAINS THE TEXT
OF THE PRESS LINE BEING USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AT A
PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1700 HRS TODAY, AND WHICH OSLO AND COPENHAGEN
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE. IT IS ON THE RECORD BUT
NOT BEING DISTRIBUTED IN WRITING. IN ADDITION TO OUR PRESS STATEMENT YOU MAY SAY, IF ASKED, THAT THE SCANDANAVIANS HAD NO
HIFORMATION ABOUT THE BMA PERMIT. FURTHERMORE, THEY HAD NO
INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT WHAT. PROGRESS WAS BEING PADE BY THEIR
AUTINITIES IN CONSIDERING THE OTHER PLANNED SERVICES.
WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, IF NO OPERATING PERMITS ARE GRANTED FOR THESE SERVICES, YOU SHOULD SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER AT THE
TIME HOW TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS.
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GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD REPORT ON LOCAL REACTIONS TO THE
DENUNCIATION.
VE SHALL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS.
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