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FM SEOUL 190545Z DEC 78
TO PRIORITY TOKYO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 85 OF 19 DECEMBER
INFO FCO
INFO HONG KONG (FOR BCARFE ONLY)
INFO DOT (FOR CAIR 2)
FOR JACK FROM WILSON
HACK 184/1
REVAL
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1. DURING MY RECENT TOKYO VISIT DAVID WILKINSON (BA) ASKED ME QUICKLY TO LET HIM KNOW IF CHANG HWA-SUB (CURRENTLY REPRESENT- ING BOTH CPA AND BA IN KOREA) WOULD FEEL UNABLE TO CONTINUE IN THAT DOUBLE ROLE IF BA CAME ONLINE AT SEOUL. WILKINSON TOLD ME THAT CPA HAD ADVISED BA DURING RECENT DRAPER/BAMPFYLDE/SHAW VISITS TO HONG KONG THAT CPA WOULD NOT OBJECT TO CHANG CONTIN- UING TO REPRESENT BOTH AIRLINES. I DO NOT MYSELF KNOW WHAT CPA'S ATTITUDE MAY BE: BUT WILKINSON WAS CONCERNED TO LEARN
CHANG'S VIEW.
2. CHANG (WHO IS THE KEY MAN IN GETTING ACCESS TO SEOUL/MIDDLE EAST TRAFFIC) YESTERDAY TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD FEEL UNABLE TO CONTINUE REPRESENTING BA IF FUTURE BA SERVICES TO KOREA OPERATED OVER ANY SECTORMTOR SECTORS ALSO OPERATED BY CPA (EG SEOUL/· TOKYO, SEOUL/HONG KONG, LET ALONE SEOUL/BAHARAIN), CHANG SAID HE HAD ALREADY INDICATED THIS VIEW TO PRATT (BA'S OSAKA MAN WHO ALSO LOOKS AFTER KOREA) TOGETHER WITH AN EXPRESSION OF WILLINGNESS IN SUCH FUTURE CIRCUMSTANCES TO HELP BA FOR ONE YEAR IN ESTABLISHING ITS ALTERNATIVE GSA ARRANGEMENTS,
3. I SHALL BE REPORTING WITH FURTHER DETAILS AND ANALYSIS BY LETTER TO LONDON, BUT WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PASS SUMMARY ABOVE TO WILKINSON.
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MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY MR WEIR
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