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CONFIDENTIAL
HKK 184/1
16 MAY 1978
DK OFFICSH
HO.
REG STRY
INDEMRA 184755519 Tekan
No
263
CONFIDENTIAL
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG (GOV AND BCARFE) TELNO 382 OF 11 MAY AND TO MANILA PORT MORESBY
YOUR TELNO 536: HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES/PNG AIR SERVICES
1. IF WE SOUGHT RIGHTS BETWEEN MNL AND POM THE PHILIPPINES WOULD BE
WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS UNDER PARA 3C OF THE 1961 AGREED MINUTE IN
SEEKING CONSULTATIONS. THEY WERE NOT SO WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS IN 1975/76 BECAUSE PAL WAS NOT THEN OPERATING THE ROUTE. THE OUTCOME OF THE TALKS IN 1976 IS WELL KNOWN TO YOU AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS WOULD BE ANY MORE
FRODUCTIVE. INDEED THEY MIGHT EVEN BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE IF THEY
AGAIN TRIED TO LINK THE GRANTING OF THE RIGHTS TO A ROUTE TO LONDON
FOR PAL, WHICH REFUSAL MIGHT CAUSE THEM TO DENY CPA EVEN MNL-POM BLINDED.
2. WE THEREFORE AGREE THAT BCARFE SHOULD TRY TO GET THE NECESSARY
CLEARANCE FOR A SERVICE MNL-POM WITHOUT TRAFFIC RIGHTS AND THAT
CPA SHOULD THEN FILE A SCHEDULE WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN PNG.
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MR MURRAY
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