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TO PRIQUITY FCO TELNO 175 OF 14 DECEMBER 1977 AND INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), ADU DHABI, DOHA AND MUSCAT.
HONG KONG TELNO 1241: HONG KONG/GULF AIR SERVICES.
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PARA 1 OF TEL UNDER REFERENCE IS BASED ON A MISCONCEPTION: SEE MY TEL NO 3 TO HONG KONG (NOT REPEATED) AND MY TELELETTER OF 5. NOVEMBER TO MACLEOD, MAE DEPARTMENT.
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REACTION HAS BEEN QUOTE MUTED UNQUOTE BECAUSE YUSUF SHIRAWI, AS CHAIRMAN OF GULF AIR, HAS PERSUADED HIS BOARD NOT TO REACT ADVERSELY TO STANDON'S LETTER TO DCAS UNTIL AFTER NEXT BOARD MEETING IN FORITUAARRYY 1973, SHIRAVI WAS ALL SET TO SEND ANGRY LETTER TO STAINTON WEUT WAS DISSUADED FROM DOING SO BY HIS CONVERSATION WITH BAMPFYLDE ON 12 NOVEMBER WHEN LATTER WAS ON HIS WAY BACK FROM HONG KONG. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT BRITISH AIRWAYS HAVE MODIFIED THEIR OBJECTIONS TO A GULF AIR SERVICE BETWEEN BAHRAIN AND HONG KONG.
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SINCE OUR PREVIOUS OBJECTIONS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN BASED CH BRITISH AIRWAYS ESTIMATES OF DAMAGE THEY WOULD SUFFER, AND THESE ESTIMATES ARE THOUGHT TO BE NO LANGER OPERATIVE, I HOPE THAT I CAN BE GIVEN SONE CRUMB OF COMFORT TO PASS
ON TO THE BAHRAIN AUTHORITIES. IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT
IF I COULD TELL THEM THAT HRG WOULD BE PREPARED TO RECONSIDER THEIR OPPOSITION IF THERE SEENED GROUNDS TO DO SO FOLLOWING COMMERCIAL DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN AIRLINES,
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