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TO IMMEDIATE DOT TELNO ALLOT 7 OF 20 DECEMBER RFI TO PRIORITY
HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE).
FOR STABLES FROM WILSON.
HONG KONG TELNO 1253 TO LONDON.
1 SPENT DECEMBER 19 IN INFORMAL TETE-A-TETE DISCUSSIONS WITH
RISAKOTTA.
2. HE OPENED BY SAYING THAT, THOUGH WIWEKO HAD WRITTEN TO MINISTER SALIM ON 25 OCTOBER CONVEYING SENSE OF CPA/GARUDA DEAL
ENVISAGED BETWEEN WIWEKO AND BLUCK, ON 17 DECEMBER WIWEKO HAD
INFORMED MINISTER SALIM THAT AIRLINE DEAL WAS OFF. I SAID WE
AND CPA HAD HEARD NOTHING TO THAT EFFECT. RISAKOTTA HAD SOUGHT
EXPLANATION OF WIWEKO'S EMBARRASSING VOLTE FACE AND BELIEVED IT
REFLECTED GARUDA HOPE OF CONCLUDING DEAL WITH JAL (FOR WHICH WIWEKO HAD ALREADY LEFT FOR TOKYO) AIMED AT GETTING ANA/AIR
MANILA CHARTER TRAFFIC BETWEEN TOKYO AND INDONESIA DIVERTED
TO GARUDA. RISAKOTTA HIMSELF SAW NO FUTURE IN THAT IDEA AND
SAID THAT HE, KARDONO AND MINISTER TOURISM ALL CONSIDEREED
GARUDA HAD NO REAL CHOICE BUT TO OPERATE DC13S TO HONG KONG
FROM APRIL 1978. HOWEVER, MINISTER SALIM WOULD NOT AUTHORISE KARDONO OR RISAKOTTA TO PROCEED WITH UK/INDONESIAN NEGOTIATIONS
UNTIL WIWEKO'S LAST MINUTE EMBARGO HAD DEEN LIFTED.
3. RISAKOTTA TOOK SOME REFUGE IN FACT THAT OUR TALKS WERE
SPECIFICALLY INFORMAL BUT WITH APOLOGIES ASKED HOW URGENTLY WE
REQUIRED SETTLEMENT. I REPLIED WE WERE NOT DEMANDEURS IN THIS
MATTER AND HAVING LONG WAITED FOR SETTLEMENT COULD OBVIOUSLY
WAIT YET LONGER. I ADDED THAT SINCE CPA COULD QUICKLY EXTEND
TO JAKARTA THREE MORE TRISTAR SERVICES WHICH CURRENTLY OVER NIGHT AT SINGAPORE (AND SINCE EASING OF RESTRICTIONS ON SINGAPORE/JAKARTA TRAFFIC COULD TAKE QUICK EFFECT), WE DID NOT
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