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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1290 OF 14 SEPTEMBER, 1979.
INFO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR AND ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE
LONDON.
YOUR TELNO 724: UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES DRAFT CMU.
1. WE ARE GLAD TO LEARN THAT TRAFFIC RIGHTS BEYOND EAST
MALAYSIA TO SINGAPORE ARE RETAINED. THE MAJOR DIFFICULTY
REMAINING IS ONE OF MAS SERVICES BEYOND HONG KONG.
2. APART FROM TRAFFIC RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS AND THE BALANCE OF THE ASA, ANY BLINDED OPERATIONS WILL INCREASE THE LOAD ON AIRPORT FACILITIES HERE BY THE ADDITION OF EXTRA MOVEMENTS
TO NO GOOD PURPOSE.
3. ALTHOUGH MAS PRESENTLY ONLY HAS PERMISSION FROM THE JAPANESE FOR FIVE SERVICES WEEKLY WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THIS ARRANGEMENT MIGHT CHANGE AND NEITHER DO WE KNOW THE POSITON WITH RESPECT TO TAIPEH, WHERE THEY MAY WELL BE UNRESTRICTED,
4. THE MALAYSIANS WERE CERTAINLY GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND AT THE FEBRUARY TALKS THAT, AS THROUGH TRAFFIC BUILT UP, 1.E. MALAYSIA TAIWAN/JAPAN, THEN DIRECT SERVICES SHOULD BE OPERATED AVOIDING HONG KONG ALTOGETHER. HOWEVER, SINCE IT WAS EXPLICITYLY STATED AT THE MAY TALKS THAT ALL SEVEN MAS SERVICES COULD GO BEYOND HONG KONG THERE CLEARLY CAN BE NO BACK-TRACKING FROM THAT. IF EXTENSION OF SERVICES BEYOND SEVEN TO POINTS BEYOND WAS NOT DISCUSSED AT THE JULY TALKS, WE SEE NO GOOD REASON TO MAKE ANY FURTHER CONCESSION.
5. WE HOPE YOU CAN AGREE TO THIS, AND ALSO THAT THE MALAYSIANS CAN BE GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BLINDED SERVICES CAN CARRY ONLY TRANSIT PASSENGERS BEYOND HONG KONG.
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