PP BANGKOK
GR 491
CONFIDENTIAL
Min Brown
HKR 18411511
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MRMurland
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Miss Stoddart
CONFIDENTIAL
FM D.O.T. 191620Z FER 79
TO PRIORITY BANGKOK
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1. THE RECORDS OF THE 1975/76 TALKS DEMONSTRATE THAT, AS YOU SAY, YOU WERE STRICTLY IMPARTIAL IN WHAT YOU SAID. DESPITE THIS, EVERY
HONG KONG OFFICIAL I HAVE MET IS CONVINCED THAT YOU ARE PERSONALLY
HOSTILE TO THE IDEA OF A C.P.A. SERVICE TO THE U.K. THIS MAY RE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE STRESSED THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES YOU SEE IN
SUCH A PROPOSAL. BUT WHATEVER THE REASON, I SHOULD BE GLAD IF YOU
WOULD LEAN OVER BACKWARDS TO AVOID GIVING THAT IMPRESSION.
2. I AM NOT GREATLY WORRIED BY THE THOUGHT OF A CONFRONTATION
BEFORE THE C.A.A. WHATEVER HAPPENS IN TALKS BEFOREHAND, AND
WHATEVER THE H.K. PROCEDURES ARE, C.P.A. WILL HAVE TO APPLY TO THE
C.A.A. FOR A LICENCE, WHO CAN, AND FREQUENTLY DO, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
RELEVANT CHARTER SERVICES. WHATEVER THEIR DECISION, THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF AN APPEAL TO THE S. OF S., ESPECIALLY AS LAKER AS
WELL AS B.A. MAY BE INVOLVED IN THE CASE. HENCE THE NEED NOT TO
GIVE ANY IMPRESSION OF BIAS. NOR DO I PATE THE RISK OF A CIVIL
AVIATION U.D.I. ARISING FROM AN ADVERSE C.A.A. DECISION VERY HIGH.
THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO ARISE FROM A BIAS TOWARDS B.A.'S INTERESTS
WHERE, IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES THERE IS A CLASH
WITH C.P.A.'S: AND YOU ARE ALWAYS CAREFUL TO AVOID THAT.
3.
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IF C.P.A. WERE GRANTED A LICENCE HONG
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