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FM PEKING 010855Z DEC 78
TO MEDIATE FCO
TELNO 068 OF 1 DEC
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HKK 184/1
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE, LDN
MIPT (NOT TO HKGO_LONDON)
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4 DEC 1978
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YOUR TELNO 759: ATR SERVICES
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1. HEAD OF CHANCERY WENT ON TO SPEAK AS IN PARA 2 OF TUR, SAYING HE UNDERSTOOD THAT A MESSAGE HAD BEEN OR WOULD SHORTLY BE PASSED TO CAAC CANTON FROM DCA HONG KONG AGREEING TO NON- SCHEDULED SERVICES FOR SEVEN DAYS FROM 2 DECEMBER. TSUI ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NON- SCHEDULED AND CHARTER SERVICES TO WHICH WE PROFESSED IGNORANCE.
2.
AGAIN ON A PERSONAL BASIS, TSUI SAID HE BELIEVED CAAC
FOUND THE ARRANGEMENTS WHERE FLIGHTS COULD BE AGREED BY HONG
KONG ON AN AD HOC BASIS WERE MORE CONVENIENT THAN SCHEDULED
SERVICES. GEORGE MENTIONED THE LACK OF BOOKING CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULED SERVICES. TSUI EXPLAINED THAT CAAC WERE LOOKING
AT OUR SCHEDULED SERVICES SUGGETION, AND..HOPED THAT IF THEIR RESEARCH WERE NOT COMPLETED BY NEXT WEEK, THAT WE COULD AGREE TO FURTHER EXTENSION OF NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS, ADDING "THERE
ARE 52 WEEKS IN A YEAR''.
WOULD
3.
TSUI REFERRED TO THE CANTON/HONG KONG FLIGHTS AS REGIONAL, AND IT MAY EMERGE THAT THEY DO NOT ACCEPT THE CONDITIONS
NORMALLY ATTACHED TO CHARTER FLIGHTS AS BEING RELEVANT. IT BE USEFUL, IN TERMS OF OUR ARRANGEMENTS ELSEWHERE, FOR THESE FLIGHTS TO BE REFERRED TO AS NON-SCHEDULED SERVICES- RATHER THAN CHARTER FLIGHTS, OR EVEN AS SIMPLY ''FLIGHTS''?
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