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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) TELNO 373 OF 11 MAY
INFO SINGAPORE.
INFO SAVING DANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR TOKYO KASILIIGTON.
YOUR TELNO 511 : UK/SINGAPORE AIR SERVICES
2. PILLAY AND LIN CALLED BY ARRANGEMENT ON ROCERS ON 8 MAY TO DISCUSS THE TERMS UNDER WHICH SIA COULD COMMENCE OPERATIONS THROUGH HONG KONG ON THEIR TRANS-PACIFIC ROUTE AND ALSO SUBSTITUTE C747S FOR 707S ON THE HONG KONG-OSAKA ROUTE.
2. AFTER LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS, TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HAS REACHED ON A PACKAGE WHICH, AT THE SINGAPOREANS' REQUEST, HAS NOW DEEN PUT TO THEM IN WRITING. SINCE THEY WERE IN NO гOSITION TO REACH A FINAL AGREEMENT PART OF THE PACKAGE WOULD IN ANY EVENT REQUIRE THE AGREEMENT OF THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT IT WAS AGREED TO PEET AGAIN IN LONDON IN EARLY JUBE WITH THE HOPE OF CONCLUDING AN
AGREEMENT.
BATO
3. THE PROPOSED PACKAGE IS AS FOLLOWS:-
(A) (B)
(c)
(D)
CONTINUE PRESENT 7X747 St/HKG/TPE/TYO VV
WITH EFFECT FROM JUNE/JULY 1978 SIA MAY SUBSTITUTE 707S BY DC105, ON THE SIN/DKW/HKG/OSA SERVICE, AT THE SAME TIME THE 3X707 SIN/DKK/HKG/TPE/SEL VV WILL BE WITHDRAWM.
ITH EFFECT FROM FEB 1979, SIA MAY INTRODUCE 4 SERVICES P.W. SIN/HKG/HL/SFO VV, INITIALLY WITH DC10 ́ AIRCRAFT, CHANGING TO 747 AIRCRAFT LATER IN 1979.
WITH EFFECT FROM - INTRODUCTION OF ITS TRANSPACIFIC SERVICES
SIA WILL:
11)
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WITHDRAW 4X727 $1/BKK/HKG/ VV AND 3X727 SIN/KUL/HIG VV
WITHDRAVUX707 S!/D/WKG/OSA VV AND HAY
SUBSTITUTE 7X707 SIN/DK!/H1⁄4G VV: 707 MAY
PROGRESSIVELY DE CONVERTED TO DC10 SERVICES ON
A ONE-FOR-ONE
ASIS.
/ (E) SIA
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