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GOVERNment seCRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HỒNG KONG
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HECK 184/1
MANIVED AN
13 MAR 1979
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Hong Kong & General Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London S.W.1,
England
Dear Department,
8th March 1979
Our Telno. 325 to FCO : Flying Tiger operations
There is clear evidence that Flying Tiger Line (FTL)
are involved in the carriage of cargo from Japan to Hong Kong for transhipment to onward destination by other carriers.
We have taken this matter up with FTL who, in a letter to our DCA on 2 March 1979, explained :
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"Flying Tigers' understanding of the US/UK
Air Services Agreement is that traffic moving as described i.e. (Osaka/Brussels) (Osaka/ Dubai), is not within the purview of the Air Services Agreement.
The above referenced shipments were merely carried over and transferred for onward carriage at Hong Kong, with them having no other relationship to Hong Kong.
In our view such carriage is not prohibited
by the Air Services Agreement and therefore is not in breach of said agreement."
We would be grateful if Washington could take this matter up with US Government (para. 2 of DTI telno. Allot 24 of 19 February to us).
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The above has been conveyed to Washington by cable.
Yours ever
(Alan Pang)
for Secretary for Ecorp
Ecorpmic Services