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FIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE F CO
FM HONG KONG 120820Z DEC 79
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1746 OF 12 DECEMBER
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CASARELTRY NO.
13 DEC 1979
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DOT TELNO ALLOT 58 TO HONG KONG AND MY TELNO 231 TO PEKING: APPLICATION FOR NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS HKG/SHA VV.
1. CPA HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR ANY OF THEIR THREE
FLIGHTS TO SHANGHAI WHICH DOT ASKED PEKING TO APPLY FOR ON 22 NOVEMBER. THE FIRST FLIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO DEPART HONG KONG ON 22 DECEMBER.
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2. AS YOU KNOW, CAAC'S CHARTER REQUESTS HAVE BEEN HANDLED EXPEDITIOUSLY HERE, FREQUENTLY AT SHORT NOTICE IN THE CASE OF CARGO FLIGHTS. MY TELNO 1652 SHOWS THE EXTENT OF CAAC'S CHARTER
PERATIONS TO AND FROM HONG KONG IN RECENT MONTHS. IN ADDITION, SA CAAC APPLICATION FOR A SERIES OF 28 CHARTER FLIGHTS TO/FROM
SHANGHAI FOR 14 TOURS BEGINNING 21 DECEMBER WAS RECEIVED ON
10 DECEMBER.
3. PROVIDING YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF
PEKING WOULD NOW MAKE A FURTHER APPROACH TO CAAC REQUESTING
APPROVAL FOR THE CPA CHARTER FLIGHTS. THEY MIGHT POINT OUT THAT
PART 1 OF THE ANNEX TO THE ASA PROVIDES FOR APPLICATIONS
TO BE CONSIDERED PROMPTLY AND ON THE BASIS OF RECIPROCITY,
4. CPA'S APPLICATION IS THE FIRST PUT IN FROM HONG KONG SINCE THE ASA WAS SIGNED, ALTHOUGH CPA DID FLY ONE CHARTER
TO CANTON ON 5 NOVEMBER FOR WHICH AN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED
BEFORE SIGNATURE OF THE ASA.
5. MEANWHILE WE HAVE MADE NO RESPONSE TO THE LATEST CAAC
CHARTER APPLICATION.
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