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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 189 OF 5 JUN 78.
INFO HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), KUALA LUMPUR.
YOUR TEL NO 138: UK/SINGAPORE AIR SERVICES
See/320)
1. SIM KEE BOON WHEN TALKING TODAY TO SMITH ON ANOTHER MATTER SAID THAT THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT (NOT) BE
REPRESENTED AT NEXT WEEK'S TALKS BETWEEN DOT AND STA. HE SAID
HE RECOGNISED THAT WE WOULD WANT ADDITIONAL POINTS IN UK ROUTE 2 AND THAT THESE WOULD HAVE TO BE FORMALISED BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS, EG BY A CMU. BUT IS SIA WERE CONTENT WITH THE PACKAGE HE WOULD NOT (NOT) WANT TO MAKE DIFFICULTIES ALTHOUGH HE ADDED THE RIDER QUOTE PROVIDED THAT IT WOULD NOT JEOPARDISE OR COMPROMISE-
SINGAPORE'S POSITION ELSWHERE UNQUOTE. IT SEEMS THEREFORE
THAT SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT WILL STAY ON THE SIDELINES UNTIL THE
PROPOSED PACKAGE HAS BEEN FURTHER THRASHED OUT WITH SIA.
2. 1 CHANCED TO MEET LIM CHIN BENG AT LUNCH TODAY, HE CON-
FIRMED THE FOREGOING SAYING THAT SIA HAD OF COURSE THE CLOSEST LIAISON WITH THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT. HE WOULD ASK IN LONDON
NEXT WEEK FOR FOLLOWING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROPOSED PACKAGE: (A) SIA SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETAIN THREE FLIGHTS A WEEK TO
OSAKA FROM HONG KONG AFTER FEBRUARY 1979: AND
(B)
SIA SHOULD BE ALLOWED FIVE FLIGHTS A WEEK TO SAN FRANCISCO (THE NUMBER THEY HAD NEGOTIATED FROM THE USA) WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING IN TIME TO A DAILY SERVICE.
3. SIM KEE BOON ALSO TOLD SMITH THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS ON THE SINGAPORE/MALAYSIA ASA WOULD TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF
JULY.
HE CONFIRMED THAT THE MALAYSIANS HAD AGREED IN
PRINCIPLE TO SIA OPERATING INTO PENANG BUT THE FREQUENCIES
STILL HAD TO BE SETTLED. THE MALAYSIANS STILL SHOWED NO SIGNS OF AGREEING TO POINTS IN EAST MALAYSIA FOR SIA (IE KUCHING AND KOTA KINABALU).
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