GR 165

MEDIATE

CONFIDENTIAL

HKK 184/1.

310

CYPHER CAT A

FM F C 0 051735Z

CONFIDENTIAL

DESKBY Ø600302.

Revit.

D

INDEX

• JUN 1978

OFFICES

PA

RECI RY Action Taken

هله

See 1325

TO IMMEDIATE GOV. HONG KONG TEL NO 442 OF 5 JUNE AND TO IMMEDIATE

3CARFE HONG KONG

INFO SINGAPORE

307

KUALA LUMPUR

WASHINGTON,

QUR TEL NO 433 : AIR CARGO RATES.

..1. IN VIEW OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE OF AIR CARGO RATES TO THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF HONG KONG AND IN PARTICULAR, THE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH ITS ASIAN HEIGHBOURS, THE C A A FARES GROUP CONSIDERED, AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION, THAT WITH NO BRITISH CARRIER OPERATING ON THE ROUTE, THE MOST SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WOULD BE FOR YOU TO PREVAIL UPON FOR EXAMPLE NORTH-WEST ORIENT AIRLINES TO FILE NEW SELLING RATES OUT OF HONG KONG IN LINE WITH THOSE AT THE US END AT CURRENT RATES OF EXCHANGE: THEY WOULD OF COURSE HAVE TO MAKE A SIMILAR FILING WITH THE CA B.

2. YOU COULD LET IT BE KNOWN THAT H M G WOULD BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER SUCH FILINGS SYMPATHETICALLY,

3. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD THEN REPORT BACK IN TIME FOR NEXT C A A FARES GROUP MEETING ON 12 JUNE.

OWEN

FILES MAED

HK & GD

SEAD

NAM D

MISS BROWN

MR MURRAY MR HALL

/COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT/

COPIES TO MRS DENZA

LEGAL ADVISER

CONFIDENTIAL

MR COLEGATE CAA SPACE HOUSE MR BUSWELL

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