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FM FCO 081553Z JAN 79
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) TELEGRAM NUMBER 15 OF 8 JANUARY
YOUR TEL NO 4: UK/SINGAPORRE AIR SERVICES
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RECEIVED 250STY NO. 51
JAN 1979
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1. WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO TAKE A FIRM LINE WITH THE SINGAPOREANS IF THE OCCASION DEMANDS AND IF THERE IS ADVANTAGE TO BE GAINED FROM THIS. BUT, WE CANNOT SEE WHAT WE WOULD STAND TO GAIN IN THIS
CASE FROM BEING TOUGH. A SHOW OF GENEROSITY COULD WELL GIVE US A LITTLE SOMETHING IN THE BANK.
2. PARA A(1) OF YOUR TUR. THE ESSENCE IS THAT SIA, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WILL, FOR A SHORT TIME, BE OPERATING DC10S ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND WILL FOR TECHNICAL REASONS HAVE TO STOP AT GUAM WESTBOUND. NATURALLY, THEY WOULD PREFER THIS STOP TO BE A TRAFFIC STOP AND SINCE CPA DO NOT OPERATE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUAM, SIA WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE SHOULD REFUSE SUCH A REQUEST. BUT, IF SOME GUAM/HONG KONG TRAFFIC TRAVELS VIA CPA'S CONNECTING SERVICES OVER, SAY, MANILA, AND THE GRANTING OF GUAM/HONG KONG RIGHTS TO SIA WOULD EAT INTO THIS, THAT WOULD BE
À DIFFERENT MATTER. IF THIS IS THE CASE, GRATEFUL FOR AN ESTIMATE OF THE LOSS OF REVENUE TO CPA THAT WOULD RESULT FROM GRANTING SIA'S REQUEST FOR THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
FOR WHICH IT WOULD APPLY.
3. PARA B OF YOUR TUR. WE ACCEPT THAT GRANTING THIS REQUEST WOULD INCREASE THE PRESENT IMBALANCE. IF THERE IS THUS SOMETHING WHICH CPA WOULD LIKE BY WAY OF AN OFF-SET AND WHICH WOULD BE A REASONABLE QUID PRO QUO, PLEASE LET US KNOW. GRATEFUL ALSO TO KNOW EXTENT OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT ON CPA AND HOW YOU RATE THIS AGAINST THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT TO HONG KNOG SHIPPERS.
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