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FM PEKING 260457Z NOV 78
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TEL:O 77 OF 26 NOV
AND TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 7 NOV 1973
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON
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FCO TELNOS, 739 AND 743 TO US AND HONG KONG TELNO 205:
AIR SERVICES
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739.
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1. AT A MEETING WITH LIANG SHANG-YUAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
NFA, COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR SPOKE AS IN PARA 2 OF FCO TEL:O
LIANG, AFTER ENSURING THAT HE HAD FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE POINT ABOUT THE SERVICES SEING REGARDED AS SCHEDULED RATHER THAN CHARTERED, SAID HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR OUR AGREEMENT TO THE PROPOSAL THAT FLIGHTS SHOULD CONTINUE, AND WOULD PASS ON THE INFORMATION TO CAAC. WE DID NOT, THEREFORE, USE THE MATERIAL IN PARA 3 OF TUR.
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DAVIES WENT ON TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD BE SHORTLY MAKING PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT AND HOPED THAT THE CHINESE WOULD RESPOND SPEEDILY AND POSITIVELY AS WE HAD DONE OVER THE QUESTION OF FLIGHTS TO HONG KONG. LIANG REACTED FAVOURABLY BUT MADE NO SPECIFIC COMMENT.
3. DAVIES MADE IT CLEAR THAT WHILST THIS ANSWER RELATED. TO CAAC'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL PUT TO LATHAM ON 15 NOVEMBER, IT COULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS HMG'S RESPONSE TO THE AMENDED PROPOSAL, AS IN HONG KONG TUR, WHICH COVERED FLIGHTS OVER AN IDENTICAL PERIOD.
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