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TELNO 191 OF 10 JUL
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INFO SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, MANILA, JAKARTA, HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), CANBERRA, WELLINGTON.
303 YOUR TELNO 241: AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.
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1. WE AGREE TO TALKS AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL AS REQUESTED ON 17 JULY. THE BRITISH SIDE WILL BE LED BY MR NORMAN TEBBIT, PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE,
2. IN CONVEYING THIS NEWS TO THE MALAYSIANS, YOU
SHOULD MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
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(A) THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE WILL BE GLAD
TO RECEIVE THE MINISTER AT 9.30 AM ON 17 JULY AT 1 VICTORIA STREET. MR NOTT GREATLY REGRETS THAT,
BECAUSE OF OTHER COMMITMENTS WHICH HE CANNOT CANCEL AT SHORT NOTICE, HE WILL BE UNABLE TO BE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSIONS. HE WILL, HOWEVER, LEAD OFF FOR THE BRITISH SIDE BEFORE HANDING OVER TO MR TEBBIT, WHO IS THE MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CIVIL AVIATION AND SHIPPING,
ON WHICH HE REPORTS DIRECT TO MR NOTT. MR PARKINSON
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRADE QUESTIONS, AND NOT FOR
CIVIL AVIATION:
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(B) THERE REMAIN MANY DIFFICULTIES TO BE RESOLVED: IN OUR VIEW VIRTUALLY ALL THE CONCESSIONS SO FAR HAVE COME FROM THE BRITISH SIDE, WE GREATLY WISH TO SEE
A SETTLEMENT OF THIS LONG-STANDING ISSUE, AND HOPE THAT THE MALAYSIANS WILL CONSIDER VERY SERIOUSLY THE MOVE. THAT THEY IN TURN CAN MAKE TO ACHIEVE THIS RESULT.
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3. ROBERTS (DOT) HAS MADE THE SAME POINTS TO HASMY
OF THE MALAYSIAN HIGH COMMISSION HERE. CARRINGTON
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