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3.SYED IA
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FUNG KONG 080340Z SEP 79
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1255 OF 8 SEPTEMBER
10 SEP 1979
RY
See (нов
) (40)
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING OTTAWA (FOR UKREP ICAO MONTREAL)
DOT (CAIR).
INFO SAVING HANOI, BANGKOK.
40
YOUR TELNO 712 AND PEKING TEL NO 778 TO YOU: CAAC NOTAM 19
AND AMBER 1,
1. WE AGREE (YOUR PARA 2) THAT THIS SHOULD BE PURSUED THROUGH ICAO.
2. THE VIETNAMESE STATEMENT REPORTED IN PEKING TELNO 778 MAKES.
CLEAR THE DANGERS OF POLEMICS BETWEEN CHINA AND VIETNAM ON THE
· SUBJECT. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST ICAO BE URGED TO RAISE THIS AS A
PRACTICAL ISSUE RATHER THAN AS A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE (E.G. ECHOING
THE VIETNAMESE CLAIM THAT THE CHINESE ACTION CONTRADICTS THE
AIMS OF ICAO).
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING HANOI AND BANGKOK
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