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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1379 OF 1 DECEMBER,
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING,
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ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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LONDON.
YOUR TELNO.759 TO PEKING : AIR SERVICES,
1. D.C.A HAS NOW SENT A TELEX TO CAAC CANTON AS IN PARA.1(1) AND (11) OF MY TELNO.1375. SUB-PARA.(111) HAS BEEN ALTERED TO READ
AS FOLLOWS:
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''A PERMIT FOR THESE FLIGHTS HAS BEEN ISSUED TO YOUR HONG KONG AGENTS, JARDINES AIRWAYS DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH A PERMIT FOR THE FLIGHT OPERATED TODAY."
2. THE ALTERATION TO (111) FOLLOWS A FURTHER MESSAGE FROM CAAC
CANTON SAYING THAT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING HAD JUST INFORMED THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THAT CAAC HAS BEEN PERMITTED TO CONTINUE ITS NON-SCHEDULED SERVICE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANTON FOR SEVEN DAYS COMMENCING 1 DECEMBER**. THIS MESSAGE PRESUMABLY STEMS FROM WHAT WAS SAID BY THE EMBASSY
AS REPORTED IN PEKING'S TELNO.850 TO YOU:
So were we
3. WE ARE SURPRISED THAT THE HEAD OF CHANCERY COMMITTED US IN
IN THIS WAY TO AUTHORISING FLIGHTS FOR A FURTHER SEVEN DAYS. PRACTICE WHAT WAS SAID MORE OR LESS COINCIDED WITH THE ACTION PROPOSED IN MY TELNO.1374 (WHICH CROSSED THE REPORT FROM PEKING) AND NO GREAT HARM HAS PROBABLY BEEN DONE. NEVERTHELESS, WE THINK IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN SCHEDULED
SERVICES BEING AUTHORISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND NON- SCHEDULED FLIGHTS WHICH ARE AUTHORISED BY D.C.A HONG KONG.
MACLEHOSE