CONFIDENTAL
GRS 650
CONFIDENTIAL
FM CANBERRA 29960CZ OCT
PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 591 OF 29 OCTOBER
INFO SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR BANGKOK
HONG KONG (COV AND BCARFE)
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LIVED IN REGISTEY MO
30 OCT 1979
JAKARTA 3 MANILA
WELLINGTON
MANO DELHI
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468
MY TEL NO 583 (NOT TO ALL): AIR SERVICES
1.
ROWLAND BRIEFED ATTEWELL TODAY ON AUSTRALIAN/ASEAN
MEETING OF 22-25 OCTOBER, ROWLAND GAVE HIM IN STRICT CONFIDENCE (PLEASE PROTECT) THE AGREED REPORT OF THE
MEETING, EXTRACTS OF WHICH WILL BE SENT TO STABLES, CAIR, DOT, IN TOMORROW'S CONFIDENTIAL BAG.
2. ROWLAND SAID THE MEETING ENDED ON A HIGH NOTE. AT
THE CONCLUDING PRESS CONFERENCE ASEAN REPRESENTATIVES HAD MADE ENCOURAGING REMARKS AND SIM KEE BOON (WHO WAS NOT PRESENT IN CANBERRA) HAS SINCE BEEN REPORTED FROM
SINGAPORE AS SAYING THAT ASEAN WILL AGREE TO THE OFFICIALS'
RECOMMENDATIONS, IT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY FOR ASEAN
MINISTERS TO MEET AGAIN, FOR THE LOW FARES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND ASEAN EKSTINATIONS TO BE INTRODUCED ON 1 JANUARY 1989, THE AUSTRALIANS AND ASEANS WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY EACH OTHER BY 38 NOVEMBER OF RESPECTIVE MINISTERIAL APPROVALS. THE THAIS DO NOT EXPECT A MINISTERIAL DECISION FOR 3-4 WEEKS
AND MALAYSIAN PROCEDURES COULD ALSO BE LENGTHY.
3. THE TEDIOUS LENGTH OF THE MEETING WAS CAUSED NOT
BY ROWS BUT BY THE SLOW ASEAN APPROACH, TO WHICH MOHD NOOR CONTRIBUTED. SOME TIME WAS TAKEN UP BY ASEAN WORRIES
ABOUT TICKETING AND, UNEXPECTEDLY, BY THE FILIPINOS' REQUEST FOR 0.5 X 1DC18'S WORTH OF EXTRA CAPACITY. ON
TICKETING FOR THE ASEAN QUOTA OF APEX PASSENGERS ON THE
NON-STOPOVER LEG OF AUSTRALIA-EUROPE JOURNEYS, IT WAS
AGREED THAT ASEAN AIRLINES SHOULD FURNISH THE AUSTRALIAN
AUTHORITIES WITH A WEEKLY LIST 35 DAYS BEFORE PASSENGERS' TRAVEL. THIS PROCEDURE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY
THE UK AND OTHER EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS. FURTHER DETAILS ON
THIS, ON PAL'S CAPACITY AND ON QANTAS'S CAPACITY TO MALAYSIA
AND THAILAND AND BEYOND ARE CONTAINED IN THE EXTRACTS FROM
THE REPORT.
CONFIDENTIAL
./4. THE ASEANS
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