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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1253 OF 1 NOVEMBER
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DTI TELNO ALLOT 156: TRANS-PACIFIC AIR CARGO RATES.
FOR CAA.
FOLLOWING VISITS TO YOU AND BA BY DAVID WONG, BA INDICATED
WILLINGNESS TO SPONSOR A DISCUSSION IN HK ON TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT
RATES, BETWEEN THE THREE AMERICAN CARRIERS CONCERNED (FTL, PANAM AND NWA) AND THE SHIPPERS' COUNCIL, INCLUDING AN EXPLANATION
OF THE GENEVA PACKAGE AND ITS ECONOMIC RATIONALE: BA LOCAL MANAGER (GAIN) SAYS HIS LONDON OFFICE HAVE ADVISED THAT A MEETING
COULD BE SET UP IN MID-NOVEMBER, AND THAT FTL AND PANAM HAD AGREED TO PARTICIPATE. PANAM WOULD CONTACT NWA.
2. SHIPPERS' COUNCIL ARE WILLING TO MEET THE AIRLINES ON 17 NOVEMBER, AND GAIN WILL SO INFORM BA IN LONDON. THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, BUT A REPRESENT-. ATIVE OF DCA (PROBABLY LATHAM) WILL ATTEND.
3. WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
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