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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG (FOR BCARFE) TEL NO 807 OF 21 OCTOBER
INFO KUALA LUMPUR
YOUR TEL NO 1044
UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES
1. IN RESPONSE TO THE MALAYSIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER'S AIDE MEMOIRE OF 11 OCTOBER, MURRAY TODAY PUT OUR FINAL PROPOSALS TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. ABDULLAH ACCEPTED THEM
2. APART FROM THE AGREEMENT ALREADY REACHED ON THE TRUNK ROUTE
AND ON THE CPA SERVICE TO THE GULF, THE PROPOSALS WERE:
(A) WE COULD ACCEPT QUOTE KOTA KINABALU-KUCHING UNQUOTE INSTEAD OF QUOTE POINTS IN EAST MALAYSIA UNQUOTE:
(B) WE MAINTAINED THE NEED FOR 4 FREQUENCIES ON UK ROUTE 3 AND (C) FOR THE FREIGHTERS TO HAVE FULL RIGHTS:
(D) WE COULD AGREE TO 9 FREQUENCIES BEYOND KUALA LUMPUR PROVIDED THE 2 FREIGHTERS, COUNTING AS 1 FREQUENCY, WERE CATERED FOR
SEPARATELY:
(E) IN THE LIGHT OF THE PATTERN OF BEYOND FREQUENCIES SET OUT AT (V) A, B, AND C OF THE AIDE MEMOIRE WE COULD NOT ACCEPT ANY LIMITATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE TO WHICH CPA'S BEYOND SERVICES ARE ALREADY SUBJECT, IE, THOSE IN THE 1975 AND 1976 EXCHANGES OF LETTERS,
3. AN AIDE MEMOIRE ON THESE LINES WILL BE HANDED TO THE MALAYSIANS ON 24 OCTOBER. ABDULLAH HAS AGREED TO CONFIRM MALAYSIAN ACCEPTANCE IN WRITING. THE BA/MAS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED TODAY AND THE DOT
WILL ISSUE AN OPERATING PERMIT FOR MAS'S DC10S ON 24 OCTOBER.
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