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TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) ROUTINE BANGKOK SINGAPORE MANILA JAKARTA CANBERRA AND WELLINGTON.
MIPT: UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF AGREED MINUTE:-
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1. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES OF THE UK AND
MALAYSIA MET IN LONDON FROM 29TH MAY 5TH JUNE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONDUCT OF AIR SERVICES
BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND MALAYSIA AND BETWEEN HONG KONG AND.
MALAYSIA.
2. THE UNITED KINGDOM DELEGRATION WAS LED BY MR JR STEELE, DEPUTY SECRETARY (CIVIL AVIATION AND SHIPPING), DEPARTMENT OF TRADE UK AND THE MALAYSIA DELEGATION WAS LED BY MR MOHAMED NOOR HASSAN, SECRETARY GENERAL, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, MALAYSIA. A LIST OF TWO DELEGATIONS IS ATTACHED AS ANNEX 1.
3. THE LEADER OF THE MALAYSIA DELEGATION MADE AN OPENING STATEMENT
REVIEWING THE COURSE OF EARLIER DISCUSSIONS AND INVITING THE UK DELEGATION TO RESPOND TO THE MALAYSIA CASE FOR ALLOWING GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN FORWARD PLANNING AND FOR MORE CAPACITY FOR THE MALAYSIAN AIRLINE, MAS. A COPY OF THIS STATEMENT IS AT ANNEX 2. 4. THE UNITED KINGDOM DELEGATION, RESPONDING TO THE MALAYSIAN WISH FOR A MECHANISM FOR TRIGGERING CAPACITY INCREASES EXPRESSED THE
VIEW THAT FUTURE OPERATION OF SERVICES ON THE ROUTES BETWEEN UK AND MALAYSIA, AND BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MALAYSIA SHOULD BE DISCUSSED
AND AGREED FROM TIME TO TIME BETWEEN THE AIRLINES CONCERNED ON THE
BASIS OF COMMON GUIDELINES TO BE PROVIDED BY BOTH GOVERNMENTS TO
THEIR RESPECTIVE AIRLINES, IN PURSUANCE TO THIS THE UK DELEGATION
TABLED A PAPER ENTITLED QUOTE POSSIBLE GUIDLINES TO BE GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENTS TO THE AIRLINES ON BOTH SIDES UNQUOTE. A COPY OF THIS PAPER IS AT ANNEX 3.
5. FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OF THIS PAPER THE MALAYSIAN DELEGATION
TABLED THEIR RESPONSE TO IT IN A PAPER ENTITLED QUOTE MALAYSIAN
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