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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 330 OF 24 OCTOBER 78
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INFO PRIORITY OSLO STOCKHOLM HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND SCARFE)
MY TELNO 328: NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW UK/SCANDINAVIAN AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
FOLLOWING FROM DELEGATION
i. THE INFORMAL MEETING REFERRED TO IN PARA 13 CF OUR TUR TOOK FLACE HERE YESTERDAY. BOGH, PETERSEN AND VOSS WERE PRESENT ON THE SCANDINAVIAN SIDE. DISCUSSIONS PROCEEDED AT A FAIRLY SLOW PACE UNTIL BOGH LEFT FOR OSLO. AFTER THIS A GOOD DEAL OF PROGRESS WAS MADE IN DISCUSSIONS WHICH LASTED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE FOR THE UK TEAM'S DEPARTURE FOR LONDON.
2. AS REGARDS THE ROUTE SCHEDULE THE SOLUTION WHICH IT WAS AGREED WAS WORTH PURSUING WAS ALONG THE LINES THE UK TEAM HAD ADVOCATED FROM THE OUTSET IE A MORE OPEN ROUTE SCHEDULE THAN THE ONE IN THE EXISTING AGREEMENT (ALTHOUGH NOT PERHAPS SO OPEN AS WE WOULD HAVE WISHED), COMPLEMENTED BY AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WOULD BE CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES BEFORE NEW ROUTES WERE STARTED. HOWEVER, AT ROGERS' SUGGESTION, A FURTHER REFINE- MENT ON THIS WAS TENTATIVELY AGREED - NAMELY THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS LISTING A FEW NEW ROUTES WHICH BOTH SIDES AGREED IN ADVANCE COULD BE OPERATED WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE AGREED PROCEDURE. ROGERS UNDERTOOK TO PRODUCE SOME FURTHER IDEAS ON THIS BEFORE THE NEXT PLENARY SESSION.
3. AS REGARDS THE VEXED QUESTION OF CAPACITY THE THREE SCANDINAVIAN LEADERS AGREED THAT IF WE WERE PREPARED TO SEVER THE LINK BETWEEN SCHEDULED AND CHARTER SERVICES THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT A MODEST BALANCE OF SCHEDULED SERVICE CAPACITY (X OUR FAVOUR : IN EFFECT THEY WERE PREPARED ENTIRELY TO DROP THEIR SEARCH FOR A 50-52 SHARING OF CAPACITY ON SCHEDULED SERVICES.
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