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TO PRIORITY JAKARTA TELEGRAM NUMBER 29 FEBRUARY INFO HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE).
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HONG KONG TEL NO 140 AND OUR TEL 72 TO HONG KONG.
UK/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES..
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1. IN VIEW OF THE TERMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 1975 CMU WE INVITE A REBUFF IF WE SEEK FORMAL CONSULTATIONS NOW ON A REQUEST FOR CPA TO MOUNT A DAILY TRISTAR TO JAKARTA.
2. WE STILL THINK THEREFORE THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE FOR YOU TO MAKE AN INFORMAL APPROACH TO RISAKOTTA (IF HE IS STILL THERE) TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER WIWEKO'S OFFER TO BLUCK HAD THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT'S BACKING. WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR APPROACH THERE IS NO NEED TO GOT INTO DETAIL ON THE LONGER-TERM POSSIBILITIES. YOU SHOULD SIMPLY ENQUIRE WHETHER THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD NOW BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER CPA BEGINNING A DAILY TRISTAR SERVICE HKG-SIN-JKT ALBEIT WITH SOME RESTRICTION ON UPLIFT OF TRAFFIC ON THE SIN-JKT VV SECTOR. THIS SERVICE WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO CPA'S 3 X 707 SERVICES A WEEK HKS-KUL-JKT-PER. THE DETAILS OF ANY SUCH AGREEMENT COULD BE WORKED OUT IN FORMAL CONSULTATIONS EITHER IN HONG KONG OR JAKARTA AS ENVISAGED IN THE DECEMBER 1977 DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN WILSON AND RISAKOTTA (YOUR ALLOT 7 OF 1977).
3. WE REGRET THAT, OWEING TO AN OVERSIGHT, OUR TEL NO 72 WAS SENT WITHOUT TAKING ACCOUNT OF HONG KONG TEL N086.
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