GPS 350
PRIORITY
LAIR & BY BAG
FM FCD 19180OZ
UNCLASSIFIED
TO PRIORITY /ROUTINE CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES TELNO GUIDANCE 102 OF 19 JULY.
BONN ECONOMIC SUMMIT: STATEMENT ON AIR HIJACKING
1. THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE US, WEST GERMANY JAPAN, FRANCE, ITALY AND CANADA PARTIC- IPATING IN THE BONN ECONOMIC SUMMIT ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ·
ON 17 JULY
THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT, CONCERNED ABOUT TERRORISM AND THE TAKING OF HOSTAGES, DECLARE THAT THEIR GOVERNMENTS WILL INTENSIFY THEIR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. TO THIS END, IN CASES WHERE A COUNTRY REFUSES THE EXTRADITION OR PROSECUTION OF THOSE WHO HAVE HIJACKED AN AIRCRAFT AND/OR DOES NOT RETURN SUCH AIRCRAFT, THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ARE JOINTLY RESOLVED THAT THEIR GOVERNMENTS SHALL TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO CEASE ALL FLIGHTS TO THAT COUNTRY. AT THE SAME TIME THEIR GOVERNMENTS WILL INITIATE ACTION TO HALT ALL INCOMING FLIGHTS FROM THAT COUNTRY OR FROM ANY COUNTRY BY THE AIRLINES OF THE COUNTRY CONCERNED. THEY URGE OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO JOIN THEM
IN THIS COMMITMENT.
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2. BRITAIN HAS, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, ADVOCATED SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES WHICH HARBOUR TERRORISTS AND HIJACKERS BUT WE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED THAT SANCTIONS WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE WITHOUT WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. THE SEVEN STATES WHICH MET IN BONN REPRESENT MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD'S AIR TRAFFIC ON INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULED SERVICES. WE BELIEVE THAT CONCERTED ACTION BY THIS GROUP MAY THEREFORE BE EFFECTIVE.
3. AFTER THE BONN SUMMIT, THE PRIME MINISTER SAID IN THE HOUSE ON 18 JULY:
/"WE REACHED