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JANUARY AND IT COULD EVEN BE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
THE NEW REGIME WOULD
BRING WITH IT SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER FARES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA, AND-
UK. THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT WAS THEN LIKELY TO COME UNDER
PRESSURE FROM THEIR OWN PUBLIC OPINION IF THEY HAD TO ADMIT THAT
THEY WERE NOT EVEN IN DISCUSSION WITH US ABOUT CORRESPONDING
REDUCTIONS IN THE FARES BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THE UK.
4.
LYNCH SAID HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN UNWARE OF THESE IMPLICATIONS
OR OF THE CONTACTS WHICH ROGERS TOLD HIM HAD TAKEN PLACE SOME WEEKS
AGO BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENTS.
HE
UNDERTOOK TO REPORT BACK URGENTLY AND SEEK FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. 5. ROGERS SAID THAT WHILE A FURTHER MEETING OF THE KIND WHICH HAD
TAKEN PLACE IN FEBRUARY AND MAY WAS UNLIKELY TO ACHIEVE RESULTS,
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ONE OR TWO
PEOPLE FROM NEW ZEALAND AT SHORT NOTICE. THIS MIGHT BE EITHER IN
LONDON OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH POSSIBLE TALKS WITH THE COUNTRIES
OF SE ASIA EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR,
OWEN
FILES.
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