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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 030115Z SEP 79

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 1227 OF 3 SEPTEMBER, 1979 INFO PRIORITY JAKARTA.

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RELEVED IN SPASTRY NO 51

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3 SEP 1979

DESK OFFICED INDEX

RAL

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JAKARTA TELNO 272 TO FCO: UK/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES.

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1. WE AND CPA APPRECIATE THAT, IN THE LIGHT OF OTHER COMMITMENTS ON THE INDONESIAN SIDE AS SET OUT IN TUR, THERE IS NO POINT IN PRESSING FOR SUBSTANTIVE NEGOTIATIONS BEGINNING 11 SEPTEMBER.

2. WE AGREE THAT A TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE A SENSIBLE APPROACH. HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF CPA'S PLANS FOR INTRODUCTION OF NEW EQUIPMENT ON THE INDONESIAN ROUTES NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN EXTENSION OF NOT MORE THAN SAY TWO MONTHS (SHORTER IF POSSIBLE), IN THE HOPE THAT THE INDONESIANS CAN BE PERSUADED TO ENTER INTO SUBSTANTIVE NEGOTIATIONS IN NOVEMBER.

MACLEHOSE

[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]

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MAED SEAD

HK & GD

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NAM D MISS BROWN MR MURRAY

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