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INFO PRIORITY STOCKHOLM, COPENHAGEN AND HONG KONG (GOVENOR).
NOT EVE YOUR TELNO 6: UK/SCANDINAVIAN AIR SERVICES TALKS.
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1. YOUR TUR ARRIVED JUST AFTER BØGH HAD TELEPHONED EMBASSY TO SAY THAT FORMAL RESPONSE ON FOUR OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS BY BRITISH CARRIERS WOULD BE DELIVERED IN COURSE OF THIS WEEK AND TO ENQUIRE
ABOUT DATES FOR TALKS.
2. BØGH GRATEFULLY ACCEPTS DATES PROPOSED. HE NOTED YOUR VIEWS ON PURPOSE OF TALKS AND SAID RESPONSE REFERRED TO ABOVE WOULD ASSIST. HE WOULD NOT BE DRAWN FURTHER ABOUT NATURE OF RESPONSE BUT CONFIRMED THAT LINE IN YOUR TELNO 2 TO OSLO HAD BEEN PASSED TO HIM BY NORBY, (OSLO TELNO 12 TO FCO REFERS).
3. BØGH WELCOMES PROPOSAL FOR AIRLINE PARTICIPATION IN SOME
SESSIONS. HE POINTED OUT THAT SCANDINAVIAN SIDE WOULD BE OBLIGED TO CONSULT SAS ABOUT QUESTIONS OF SUBSTANCE AND THAT TALKS WOULD GO MORE QUICKLY WHEN SAS WERE PRESENT, BUT RECOGNISED THAT BRITISH POSITION
IS DIFFERENT. QUESTIONED ABOUT RELATION BETWEEN SCANDINAVIAN GOVERNMENTS AND SAS (ROGERS LETTER OF 5 JAN TO HMA COPENHAGEN REFERS) BOGH SAID CAREFULLY THAT SAS WAS SOURCE OF COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
AND COMMERCIAL JUDGEMENTS BUT THAT DECISIONS ON AGREEMENTS LAY WITH
GOVERNMENTS.
4. BØGH NOTED OTHER POINTS IN PARA 2 OF YOUR TUR AND SAID SCANDIN AVIANS HAD PRPARED A DRAFT FOR THE NEW A.S.A.S WHICH WOULD BE
HANDED OVER ON 30 JANUARY OR PERHAPS SOONER.
5. SIZE OF SCANDINAVIAN DELEGATION ESTIMATED BETWEEN 12 AND 15:
IT WILL NOT EXCEED 15.
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