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TO PRIORITY F.C.O TEL NO.1108 OF 16 SEPTEMBER 78,
INFO HANOI, VIENTIANE, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
YOUR TELNO.684 CPA LEASED TRISTARS.
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1. WHILST CPA'S FIRST LEASED TRISTAR WILL COMMENCE OPERATION
ON 1 NOVEMBER 1978, THE SECOND ONE WILL NOT ENTER SERVICE UNTIL NOVEMBER 1979. HENCE FOR THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS CPA WILL ONLY
HAVE ONE LEASED TRISTAR IN SERVICE, AND OPERATING RESTRICTIONS RESULTING FROM DENIAL OF OVER-FLYING RIGHTS BY VIETNAM OR LAOS WILL THEREFORE BE CONTAINABLE, ALTHOUGH SOME DELAYS MAY BE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF CPA'S REDUCED SWITCHING CAPABILITY.
2. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SECOND LEASED TRISTAR IN NOVEMBER
NEXT YEAR, THE SITUATION WILL BECOME MUCH MORE SERIOUS, BUT IT IS TO BE HOPED THAT THE MATTER WILL BE RESOLVED BY THAT TTIME. NATURALLY, CPA WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE THE NECESSARY RIGHTS.
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