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TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR
TELEGRAM NUMBER 270 OF 27 SEPTEMBER
INFO HONG KONG (GOV AND BCARFE)
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YOUR TELNO 351: UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES: DRAFT CMU
1. WE AGREE POINTS A, B, C AND E.
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2. WE CANNOT AGREE D. THE OMISSION OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE EXERCISE OF FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS BETWEEN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE WAS NOT REPEAT NOT INADVERTENT. THE REASONS FOR THEIR OMISSION WERE
A. PARA 12 OF THE DRAFT LETTER FROM MR NOTT TO MR MANICKAVASAGAM
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(OUR TELNO 208 OF 20 JULY) ADDRESSED ITSELF FULLY TO THE QUESTION OF THE FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS TO BE EXERCISED BY CPA INCLUDING, 338 AS YOU WILL NO DOUBT POINT OUT TO THE MALAYSIANS THE DELETION OF
RIGHTS WHICH CPA ALREADY HAD. IN AGREEING TO THE LATTER, MR TEBBIT
MADE IT CLEAR TO MR MANICKAVASAGAM IN THEIR MEETING ON 20 JULY THAT IT COULD ONLY BE ON CONDITION THAT CPA HAD FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS FOR 7 X L1011 FROM POINTS IN MALAYSIA TO SINGAPORE, JAKARTA AND PERTH. THEREWAS NO QUALIFICATION TO THIS. THEREFORE THE WILSON/I BRAHIM EXCHANGE OF 19 DECEMBER 1975 IS SUPERSEDED BY THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
B. THE HEAVY IMBALANCE OF EARNINGS ON THE REGIONAL ROUTES IN MAS'S FAVOUR WHICH IS UNLIKELY TO BE AFFECTED (OTHER THAN POSSIBLY ACCENTUATED) BY THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
C. THE LIKELIHOOD OF CPA LOSING ITS FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS TO PERTH
UNDER ICAP.
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