**WE REACHED AN IMPORTANT AGREEMENT AMONG OURSELVES TO COMBAT
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM THROUGH THE HIJACKING OF PASSENGER AIRCRAFT. IN PARTICULAR, OUR COUNTRIES WILL IN FUTURE HALT FLIGH TO AND FROM COUNTRIES WHICH REFUSE EXTRADITION OF OR PROSECUTION OF THOSE WHO HAVE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT AND/OR DO NOT RETURN SUCH AIRCRAFT. WE URGE OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO JOIN US IN THIS COMMITMENT. IT IS OUR JOINT INTENTION THAT THIS IMPORTANT NEW POLICY SHALL OPERATE
IMMEDIATELY".
ADDITIONAL POINT (IF PRESSED FURTHER)
4. DETAILS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND CO-ORDINATION OF THIS COMMITMENT
ARE BEING WORKED OUT BY OFFICIALS.
5. (FOR GENERAL BACKGROUND SEE OID PAPER TERRORISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE, FEBRUARY 1978).
OWEN
*
BY TELEGRAPH TO:
ANKARA
ATHENS
BONN
BRUSSELS
PARIS
ROME
BERNE
DUBL IN
BRUSSELS(UKREP EEC) HELSINKI
BRUSSELS (UKDEL NATO)MADRID
COPENHAGEN
THE HAGUE
LISBON
LUXEMBOURG
OSLO
CANBERRA
WELLINGTON
STOCKHOLM
VIENNA
ADEN ABU DHABI TEL AVIV
SANA'A
DAMASCUS
ALGIERS
CAIRO
KHARTOUM
ADDIS ABABA MOGADISHU BANGKOK
RANGOON
TOKYO OTTAWA
KUALA LUMPUR
DAR-ES-SALAAM
LUSAKA
NEW YORK(UKMIS) RABAT NEW YORK(BIS) TRIPOL! WASHINGTON
TUNIS
(PRIORITY)
NEW DELHI
SINGAPORE
NICOSIA
(ROUTINE)
AND SAVING TO CERTAIN OTHER POSTS.
FCO/WHITEHALL DISTN
OID
-2.-
ADDITIONAL DISTN GUIDANCE
ATTACKS ON CIVIL AIRCRAFT/ INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM