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VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES WERE EXAMINED INCLUDING THAT OF AN INTERCHANGE ARRANGEMENT AT DARWIN WHEREBY A CPA SERVICE EN-ROUTE TO PERTH WOULD LINK UP WITH A QANTAS TRUNK ROUTESERVICE TO SYDNEY AND, HOPEFULLY, PROVIDE A HKG/SYD SERVICE ON ONE OF THE BLANK DAYS IN THE PROPOSED INTEGRATED SCHEDULE. FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, THIS APPEARED TO BE A NON- STARTER AND WE WERE FORCED BACK TO THE ENVISAGED HKG/DRW/PER V.V. SERVICE. ROGERS DID HOWEVER SUGGEST THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME PHASING OUT OF 5TH FREEDOM RIGHTS AS PRESENTLY EXERCISED. ROWLAND AGREED TO EXAMINE THIS P SYPATHETICALLY.
IF THE AUSTRALIANS AGREE TO THIS PROPOSAL, ROGERS WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH THE MALAYSIANS DURING HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT
TO KUALA LUMPUR.
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ROUTE SCHEDULES. IN VIEW OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CPA'S OPERATING PATTERN, ROGERS SUGGESTED A SIMPLE RATIONALISATION OF THE ROUTE SCHEDULES TO PROVIDE FOR A ROUTE HONG KONG-POINTS IN AUSTRALIA. ROWLAND SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE CONSIDERATION OF THIS UNTIL THE FUTURE OF CPA'S SERVICES TO
PERTH HAD BEEN DETERMINED.
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AT THE END OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION, ROWLAND COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST ASIAN COUNTRY WITH WHICH THE
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SENSIBLE DISCUSSIONS OVER THESE ISSUES AND THAT HE-WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE VIEWS WE HAD
EXPRESSED.
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