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TELNO 272 OF 29 AUGUST
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)
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YOUR TELNO 134: UK/INDONESIAN AIR SERVICES
WE SPOKE TO RISAKOTTA AS INSTRUCTED. HE AGREED THAT GIVEN THE SUBSTANTIAL PURCHASES OF NEW EQUIPMENT BY BOTH GARUDA AND CPA
IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL IN THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS TO WORK FOR A LONG TERM AND COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT,
2. RISAKOTTA SAID THAT MATTERS RELATING TO HONG KONG WERE ONLY ONE OF THE PROBLEMS POSED BY GARUDA'S PURCHASES. WITHIN THE LAST TEN DAYS, WIWEKO HAD UNEXPECTEDLY SAID HE WANTED RIGHTS INTO THE U S. RISAKOTTA NOW CONSIDERS THIS HIS PRIORITY. (HE SAID HE WOULD SEEK RIGHTS JAKARTA/GUAM/HONOLULU/SAN FRANCISCO, THIS WOULD BE A 'HORRIBLE ROUTE, BUT BE EASIEST TO NEGOTIATE. TO ASK FOR RIGHTS BEYOND HONG KONG OR TOKYO AT THIS STAGE WOULD LAY INDONESIA
CPEN TO SUBSTANTIAL DEMANDS IN RETURN. HE DID NOT EXCLUDE
INDEFINITELY, HOWEVER, THE POSSIBILITY OF ASKING FOR HONG KONG/ WEST COAST RIGHTS).
3. IN ADDITION, RISAKOTTA SAID HE WAS HAVING (SINGLE-HANDED) TO
FREPARE FOR THE ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEETING WHERE CIVIL
AVIATION WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT. HE WAS STILL NOT
SURE ABOUT THE DATES (THE ASEAN SECRETARIAT EXPECT IT TO TAKE PLACE
IN MANILA FROM 5-7 SEPTEMBER, RATHER THAN THE LATER DATE CONTAINED IN CANBERRA TELNO 483).
4. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND RISAKOTTA DID NOT NOT THINK IT WOULD NOW BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE A WORTHWHILE MEETING ON 11 SEPTEMBER. THERE WOULD BE NO POINT IN HOLDING ONE IF THE UK SIDE WERE FULLY
PREPARED AND THE INDONESIANS WERE NOT. THIS WOULD ONLY CAUSE TROUBLE AND A FURTHER POSTPONEMENT OF SUBSTANTIVE TALKS.
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