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FM HONG KONG 090453Z DEC 78
RECEIVER
LISTRY NO. 51
1973
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REGISTRY Action Texen
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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TELNO.1411 OF 9 DECEMBER.
PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO D.O.T.
1. BLUCK WAS IN MANILA LAST WEEK FOR A MEETING OF THE ORIENT AIRLINES ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS. HE HAS REPORTED ONE OR TWO ITEMS OF INTEREST GLEANED FROM DISCUSSIONS WITH VARIOUS PERSONALITIES.
2. AS REGARDS ICAP, HEWITT AND HAMILTON OF QANTAS SAID THAT PROBLEMS IN EUROPE HAVE BEEN SOLVED IN GENERAL WITH THE EXCEPTION
APPARENTLY * OF GERMANY WITH WHOM DISCUSSIONS WERE STILL GOING ON.
ALL COUNTRIES INCLUDING HOLLAND WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE FLIGHTS
TO AUSTRALIA BUT IN SOME CASES, INCLUDING THE DUTCH, THERE WILL
IN SO FAR AS ASIA IS BE A CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY.
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CONCERNED THE AIRLINE CLAIMED TO HAVE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA, AND DURING THE 0.A. A MEETING THEY HAD OBTAINED WRITTEN UNDERTAKINGS, AIRLINE TO AIRLINE; FROM THE THAIS AND THE MALAYSIANS LIM CHIN BENG OF SIA WAS APPARENTLY QUITE ADAMANT THAT SINGAPORE WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE ICAP PROPOSALS IN THEIR PRESENT FORM. BLUCK SUGGESTS THAT THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A MAJOR COMPROMISE WITH THE SINGAPOREANS BEFORE ANY AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED, NOTWITHSTANDING
THE AUSTRALIANS HAVING BOUGHT OFF'' THE INDONESIANS, MALAYSIANS,
HAMILTON (QF) ALSO THAIS IN AN ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE SINGAPORE. COMMENTED THAT THE AUSTRALIANS WOULD NOT EXPECT THEIR PROPOSALS TO BE ACCEPTED IN FULL AND WITHOUT COMPROMISE.
3. SAW HUAT LYE OF MAS LED BLUCK TO BELIEVE THAT THE MALAYSIANS DEMANDS IN RESPECT OF ANY CONCESSION ON THE PART OF CONCORDE WOULD NOT ONLY LOOK FOR AN INCREASE OF FREQUENCIES TO LONDON, UP TO FOUR DC10 A WEEK BUT IN ADDITION THEY WOULD SEEK RIGHTS FOR A DAILY AIRBUS KL/HKG/TPE/TYO. UNDERSTANDABLY BLUCK WAS SOMEWHAT
DISCOURAGING ABOUT THE LATTER PROPOSAL.
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