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FM FCO 021605Z NOV 79
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 653 OF 2 NOVEMBER
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND SCARFE)
MIPT. FOLLOWING ARE QUESTION AND ANSWER.
TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE WHETHER THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UK AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS UNDER WHICH AIR SERVICES ARE OPERATED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWANT
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND HAVE HANDLED THE MATTER OF REGULAR
AIR TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN IN THE 1972 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM ON
FAISING THE LEVEL OF THEIR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO THAT OF
AMBASSADORS. THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO STATES, WHILE THE AIR LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN IS OPERATED UNDER
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS.
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