CONFIDENTIAL
GR 515
PRIORITY
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CYPHER CAT A
HRK 184/10
LA 51
2 & APP 1978\
DESK OFFICST INDEX
PA
REMSTRY Action Taken
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FM BCARFE HONG KONG 270925Z
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO PRIORITY D O T TELNO ALLOT 16 OF 27 APRIL 1978. AND TO PRIORITY TOKYO, SEOUL, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, CANBERRA, VIENTIANE AND HANOI (VIENTIANE PLEASE PASS BY BAG)
AND SAVING TO MANILA, BRUNEI, PORT MORESBY, RANGOON, DELHI, BAHRAIN, DUBAI.
FOR STABLES FROM WILSON.
DOT ALLOT 67 OF 14 APRIL TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO 525 OF
26 APRIL TO FCO (NOT TO ALL).
CPA USE OF LEASED TRISTARS ON AMERICAN REGISTRY.
WHEN CPA OPERATED ITS FIRST US-REGISTERED LEASED TRISTAR IN 1976, BCARFE SOUGHT PERMISSION FOR ITS OPERATION FROM THE GOVERNMENTS OF KOREA AND SINGAPORE AND CONFIRMATION OF ITS
ACCEPTABILITY FROM GOVERNMENTS OF INDONESIA, THAILAND, MALAYSIA AND BRUNEI. CPA WROTE TO CAL AND GOVERNMENTS OF JAPAN, PHILIPPINES
AND AUSTRALIA (THE LAST AGAINST REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF SHORT-TERM SUBSTITUTION OF A TRISTAR FOR A B707).
2. CPA HAVE ALREADY CARRIED OUT SIMILAR ACTION WITH SAME FOUR
AUTHORITIES IN RESPECT OF THEIR SEVENTH TRISTAR DUE IN SERVICE
BY 15 AUGUST THIS YEAR AND HAVE OBTAINED PCAB CLEARANCE (COPIES OF CPA LETTERS AND PCAB REPLY FOLLOW BY BAG).
3. IN LIGHT OF HONG KONG TUR, DO YOU AGREE THAT IN RESPECT OF
SEVENTH TRISTAR BCARFE SHOULD NOW TAKE ACTION AS IN 1976 ? INDONESIA, THAILAND AND BRUNEI WOULD SEEM STRAIGHT FORWARD. ON LAST OCCASION SINGAPORE MERELY ASKED FOR COPY OF CPA'S LEASE AGREEMENT. YOU MAY THINK AN INNOCUOUS BCARFE LETTER TO MALAYSIA BETTER THAN ADDING THIS ISSUE TO OTHER PROBLEMS TO BE CONSIDERED AT TALKS IN JUNE. I THINK AN INNOCUOUS BCARFE LETTER MIGHT ALSO WORK IN KOREA, BUT WE MAY FIND KOREANS 1.INK THIS ISSUE TO THEIR WISH FOR OWN STOPOVER RIGHTS AT HONG KONG FOR JEDDA/SEOUL
DEDICATED TRAFFIC.
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