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ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
TELNO.565 OF 11 MAY,
INFO PRIORITY: CANBERRA,
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U.K/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES.
1. IN THE LIGHT OF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED AT THE AUSTRALIA/ASEAN
MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR AND PARTICULARLY THAT THERE IS NO FIRM DATE FOR MEETING OF ASEAN MINISTERS TO CONSIDER THE OUTCOME, WE BELIEVE THE TIME HAS NOW COME TO BRING THE HONG KONG FARES INTO EFFECT.
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ALL OUTSTANDING MATTERS HAVE NOW BEEN AGREED BY CPA AND QEA AND CPA ARE FILING THE AGREED FARES WITH THE AUSTRALIAN D.O.T AND U.K CAA, WHICH SHOULD ARRIVE LONDON ON 14 MAY. IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE FARES SHOULD COME INTO EFFECT ON 1 JUNE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE FARES AND GOVERNING CONDITIONS WILL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF WHATEVER FARES PACKAGE EVENTUALLY EMERGES FROM THE ASEAN DISCUSSIONS BUT, SEEN FROM HERE, THIS COULD
WELL BE SOME TIME AWAY.
4. WE WOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL FOR CAA'S EARLY APPROVAL OF THE FARES FILING AND ALSO YOUR AGREEMENT FOR THE JOINT PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ATTACHED TO THE LETTER FROM ROGERS TO ROWLAND OF 25 APRIL 1979, TO ISSUE IN HONG KONG.
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