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WRITING THE ASSURANCE HE HAD GIVEN DURING THE DISCUSSIONS
IN LONDON IN MARCH THAT CPA WOULD NOT OPERATE ON ROUTE 1 WEST ON CAIRO, THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT THE THAIS MIGHT ACCEPT THIS POSITION.
8. ROGERS POINTED OUT THAT, FROM OUR SIDE, THERE WERE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES ABOUT THE CONTINUED INCLUSION OF THE WHOLE OF THE
WITED STATES AS A POINT AVAILABLE BEYOND HONG KONG. THIS WAS A RIGHT OF VERY GREAT VALUE, WHICH FAR OUTWEIGHED ANY RIGHTS ON THE REGIONAL ROUTE BEYOND HBANGKOK. IT EMERGED FROM DISCUSSIONS
RPT DISCUSSION THAT THE THAI TEAM ATTACHED A GREAT DEAL OF IMPORTANCE TO THE RETENTION OF USA AS A BEYOND POINT ON THAI ROUTE 2, ALTHOUGH IT APPEARED THAT THEY MIGHT BE PREPARED TO WEAR SOME RESTRICTION ON THE POINTS OF DESTINATION. IN THE US (THEY SAID THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICANS GAVE THEM RIGHTS TO HONOLULU, LOS ANGELES ANDNEW YORK) AND/OR TO ACCEPT A LIMITATION ON FREQUENCIES
ALL THE PROBLEMS HAD BEEN VENTILATED IN FRANK BUT EASY DISCUSSION, AND THE TEAM HAD EXPECTED TO GET DOWN TO THE JOINT CONSIDERATION OF SOLUTIONS, WHEN PLAY WAS STOPPED BY YESTERDAY'S COUP. HOWEVER, CHAROEN HAS ASSURED ROGERS THAT HE EXPECTS
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TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON A REALISTIC BASIS ON MONDAY MORNING.
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