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LIVED IN
14 SEP 1979
WESK OF
FM F C O 121738Z SEP 79
TO IMMEDIATE GOV HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 724 OF 12 SEPTEMBER
AND TO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR.
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HONG KONG TEL NO 1272 AND KUALA LUMPUR TEL NO 330 7: U K/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES DRAFT CMU.
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P.A
PARA 1A OF FIRST TEL, UNDER REFERENCE. WE REGRET THAT A MISTAKE WAS MADE IN OUR TEL NO 241 : THE DELETION OF SINGAPORE
MENTIONED IN PARA 1B OF OUR TEL. UNDER REFERENCE SHOULD HAVE RELATED TO SINGAPORE IN THE FOLLOWING SUB-PARA, DEALING WITH U K ROUTE 3 (PAGE 2 OF DRAFT CMU). THUS, WE RETAIN TRAFFIC RIGHTS BEYOND E. MALAYSIA TO SINGAPORE. (FOR KUALA LUMPUR. SINGAPORE SHOULD THEREFORE REMAIN IN THE LIST OF ROUTE POINTS ON UK ROUTE 1 TO WHICH B A WILL NOT EXERCISE TRAFFIC RIGHTS).
2.
WE DO NOT SEE IT AS
(C)
PARA 1B OF FIRST TEL. UNDER REFERENCE.
A NEW CONCESSION TO MAS THAT ALL 7 SERVICES PER WEEK CAN PROCEED
BEYOND HONG KONG TO TAIPEH AND TOKYO. DURING THE MAY TALKS IN
LONDON, WE EXPLICITLY STATED THAT ALL 7 MAS SERVICES COULD GO BEYOND HONG KONG TO TAIPEH AND TOKYO (SEE DRAFT CMU ANNEX 5
TO AGREED MINUTE), DURING THE TALKS IN JULY ATTENTION WAS CONCEN~
TRATED ON WHETHER FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO TOKYO
AS WELL AS TAIPEH. THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT COULD GO BEYOND HONG KONG IN TOTAL, WITH AND WITHOUT TRAFFIC RIGHTS, WAS NOT
DISCUSSED FURTHER. OUR WORDING OF THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE CMU WAS PERHAPS A LITTLE LOOSE, BUT NOW THAT THE MALAYSIANS HAVE DRAWN ATTENTION TO IT (KUALA LUMPUR TEL NO 299), WE CONSIDER IT REASON- ABLE THAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT THE UNDERSTANDING REACHED IN MAY TO BE EXTENDED TO THE JULY AGREEMENT AND THAT THE WORDING SHOULD EXPLICITLY CATER FOR IT. WE DO NOT RECALL THAT EXTENSION OF SERVICES BEYOND SEVEN TO BEYOND POINTS WAS EVER DISCUSSED OTHER THAN THAT WE RESTRICTED THE EXERCISE OF FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS TO FIVE.
WE WONDER IF THIS IS A POINT WORTH STRAINING OVER SINCE MAS PRESENTLY ONLY HAS PERMISSION FROM THE JAPANESE FOR 5 SERVICES PER WEEK AND THE DATE WHEN THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PROGRESS BEYOND 7 IS
PROBABLY SO FAR AWAY AS TO MAKE IT NOT WORTH WORRYING ABOUT.
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