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MR NIXON REPEATED HIS CONCERN ABOUT THE PROBABLE ADVERSE ASEAN REACTION IF LAKER WERE TO START OPERATING CHARTERS BEFORE
ICAP HAD SETTLED DOWN. ROBERTS DESCRIBED THE TIMETABLE FOR THE CAA HEARING ON THE LAKER APPLICATION, AND REFERRED TO WHAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE HAD SAID AT HIS
RECENT MEETING WITH MR NIXON IN CANBERRA ABOUT THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL PRESSURES ON HMG TO SUPPORT LAKER IF HIS LICENCE
APPLICATION WAS SUCCESSFUL.
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