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AND POSITIONING FLIGHTS WOULD BE STRICTLY PERMISSIBLE UNDER
IASTA REQUIREMENTS: BUT I SAID THAT I WOULD SPEAK SYMPTAHETICALLY
TO DCA HONG KONG IF THAT PATTERN OF OPERATION WERE THE ONE THAT
ANG DECIDED UPON.
8. I STRESSED THAT WE WERE ANXIOUS TO AVOID ANY KIND OF FRICTION
AT BOTH THE GOVERNMENTAL AND AIRLINE LEVEL AND AT THE END OF OUR
CONVERSATION GREY CONCEDED THAT, LOOKED AT FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW,
IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT WE WOULD RESIST ANG OPERATING EXTRA
SCHEDULES ON PRECISELY. THE DAYS WHEN CPA WAS OPERATING LIGHTLY
LOADED ENTITLED SCHEDULES. FOR MY PART I UNDERLINED OUR ANXIETY FOR
A FRIENDLY AND COMMONSENSICAL SOLUTION IF ONLY BECAUSE EXPERIENCE
DEMONSTRATED THAT THE NEXT DIFFICUTLY MIGHT WELL BE ONE WHERE
WE NEEDED A FRIENDLY AND COMMONSENSICAL ATTITUDE ON THE PART OF
NG AND ITS GOVERNMENT. GREY TOLD ME HE WOULD BE IN HONG KONG
ON SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER, AND I AGREED TO SEE HIM AGAIN THEN.
9. 1 REGRET LENGTH OF THIS TELEGRAM, BUT ONLY THUS CAN
IF PROVIDE FULL BACKGROUND YOU REQUESTED.
MYCLEHOSE
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