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3. MR PARKINSON ALSO MET LIM CHIN BENG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SIA,
AT DINNER AT MY HOUSE ON EVENING OF 6 JUNE, THEY GOT ON WELL,
BUT BY MUTUAL CONSENT ICAP WAS NOT DISCUSSED.
4. WOULD IT BE USEFUL FOR ME TO HAVE A TALK WITH ROBERTS (WHO I UNDERSTAND HAS NOW SUCCEEDED ROGERS) WHEN I AM IN LONDON
IN WEEK BEGINNING 17 JUNE?
5. ON COMCOPVE, IN REPLY TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, MR PARKINSON SAID THAT THE TRIAL PERIOD HAD STILL SOME MONTHS TO RUN. HE HOPED THAT THE SERVICE WOULD CONTINUE THEREAFTER, BUT HE HAD HAD NO SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS IN KUALA LUMPUR: THE QUESTION WAS PURELY AN ENVIRONMENTAL ONE. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ANGLO-MALAYSIAN AIR SERVICE TALKS HAD MADE SOML PROGRESS, AND EXPECTED THEY WOULD RESUMED BEFORE TOO LONG AFTER BOTH SIDES HAD CONSULTED THEIR
HIGHER AUTHORITIES.
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