''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 FLIC_S 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 1973).
OWEN
BY TELEGRAPH TO:
ANKARA
ATHENS
PARIS ROME
BONN
BERNE
BRUSSELS
DUBLIN
BRUSSELS (UKREP EEC) HELSINKI
BRUSSELS (UKDEL NATO)MADRID
COPENHAGEN
THE HAGUE
LISBON
LUXEMBOURG
OSLO
STOCKHOLM
VIENNA
ADEN ABU DHABI TEL AVIV SANA'A
DAMASCUS
ALGIERS. CAIRO
ADDIS ABABA MOGADISHU
BANGKOK
RANGOON
TOKYO OTTAWA
KUALA LUMPUR
KHARTOUM
DAR-ES-SALAAM
LUSAKA
NEW YORK(UKMIS) RABAT NEW YORK (BIS) TRIPOLI WASHINGTON
CANBERRA
WELLINGTON
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
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