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TELEGRAM NUMBER 646 OF 14 DECEMBER 1978
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INFO SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK, MANILA, JAKARTA, HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)
YOUR TELNO 624 : UK/AUSTRALIA AÏR SERVICES
1. FIRST SECRETARY (ECONOMIC) SPOKE ACCORDINGLY TO FREELAND, DEPUTY SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, IN THE ABSENCE OF HALTON, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY RANG ME. THE DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING ON A DRAFT WHICH WILL BE PUT TO MR NIXON ANDY HOPE TO PASS IT TO US LATER TODAY.
2. HALTON SAID HE HAD BEEN INTRIGUED BY A REPORT FROM ONE OF HIS PEOPLE IN LONDON TO THE EFFECT THAT A BRITISH OFFICIAL HAD SAID THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE CHRISTMAS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE ON THE CHEAPEST FARES BETWEEN UK AND AUSTRALIA WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
1 FEBRUARY FOLLOWED BY A LATER ANNOUNCEMENT TO COVER THE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS, INCLUDING STOPOVERS, EFFECTIVE 1 APRIL. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER WE WOULD BE ATTRACTED BY THIS SO THAT I CAN ANSWER HALTON,
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