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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 846 OF 21 FEBRUARY FOLLOWINX FROM ROGERS FOR BURROWS MAED
UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES
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1. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE TELEGRAMS ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS WITH MALAYSIA OVER THE CONCORDE ROUTE TO SINGAPORE HAVE BEEN COPIED TO HONG KONG, THEY HAVE BEEN MARKED QUOTE FOR BCARFE UNQUOTE AND OUGHT NOT THEREFORE TO HAVE BEEN SEEN BY THE GOVERNOR OR. HIS OFFICIALS. THUS IN THEORY AT LEAST THEY WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF PROPOSAL TO CARRY OUT A FULL SCALE REVIEW OF THE UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH MALAYSIANS HAVE NOW ACCEPTED.
2. HOWEVER, IN MY TELNO 845 EARLIER TODAY I FOUND IT NECESSARY TO REFER TO THE REVIEW. IN ORDER TO AVOID POSSIBLE EMBARRASSMENT, SUGGEST YOU THEREFORE SEND GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM EXPLAINING HOW THIS PROPOSAL AROSE AND GIVING THE GIST OF RELEVANT PART OF KUALA LUMPUR TELNO 37. FUTURE TELEGRAMS REFERRING TO THIS ASPECT COULD THEN BE COPIED TO HONG KONG QUOTE FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE UNQUOTE IN THE NORMAL WAY.
3. I WOULD OF COURSE PROPOSE TO VENTILATE THE QUESTION OF FUTURE UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES FULLY DURING MY VISIT TO HONG KONG. BUT I AM ANXIOUS TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG OFFICIALS ARE IN THE PICTURE AND THAT THEY GIVE THIS QUESTION CONSTRUCTIVE THOUGHT BEFORE I
ARRIVE.
4. FCO PLEASE COPY TO LELLO AND KEMMIS CAIR/DOT.
SHEDLEY
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[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]
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