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N
LPP
DWF G 179
LDX 714/15
LHL 624/15
С
PP DOT/ALLOT
GRS 700
CONFIDENTIAL
FM BANGKOK 150748Z
TO PRIORITY DOT
HEE 184/
RAITED
INDEX
No
Ms MORRIS Foo
2 3 FEB 1979
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J27.2
0.51
Bangkok
AR 1 Steele
TELNO ALLOT 1 OF 15FEB
for
Mr Williamson
(117)
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR STEELE FROM ROGERS
Son 149)
148)
Im 242 C'RIVE Hews.
ADVANCE COPY
+1
DOT (CAD) Skellner Hase
Hd of MAED
1746215
ANO/DISTRIA TAV
[Allot Dist
YOUR ALLOT 1 OF 8JAN LIASISON VISIT TO HONGKONG
1. GRATEFUL YOUR TUR, WHICH I FOUND AWAITING MY ARRIVAL HERE.
AS YOU WILL HAVE APPRECIATED, MY TELEGRAM TO HONGKONG FROM
KUALA LUMPUR AT THE END OF LAST WEEK WAS SENT BEFORE I SAW
YOUR COMMENTS. HOWEVER, I HOPE THAT IN WIDENING THE SCOPE OF THE DISCUSSION I DID NOT CUT ACROSS YOUR VIEWS.
2. AT PRESENT, I CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT LED HONGKONG TO INCLUDE ITEM: (C) IN THEIR PROPOSED AGENDA. MICHAEL MILES (NOW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CPA) DID NOT MENTION IT TO ME WHILE WE WERE IN KUALA LUMPUR LASTWEEK. HE IS USUALLY VERY OPEN WITH ME BUT THIS IS NOT CONCLUSIVE SINCE WE WERE VERY FULLY OCCURIED AND THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR A QUIET CHAT. I IMAGINE THAT, WHETHER - THE INVITATION COMES FROM CPA OR FROM THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT, IT WAS SPARKED OFF PARTLY BY RENEWED COMPLAINTS ABOUTTHE QUALITY
OF BA'S SERVICE BUT MORE SO BY THE PUBLICITY ABOUT LAKER'S
PROPOSALS AND BY THE CAA'S INITIATIVE OVER THE POSSIBLE INTRODUCTION OF WHOLEPLANE CHARTERS ON THE UK/HONGKONG ROUTE.
3. I SHALL OF COURSE BE GLAD TO ACT ON YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
WHICH CORRESPOND TO THE ATTITUDE OF STRICT IMPARTIALITY WE ADOPTED DURING THE DISCUSSIONS OF 1975/76.