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GR 250
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HANOI 248188Z OCT 79
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 280 OF 24 OCTOBER.
AND TO ROUTINE DOT (CAIR)
HKK 184/1
RECEIVED
AS ANTY MO. §. 2 5 OCT 1979
INTUCK
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), BANGKOK, MONTREAL (UKREP ICAO), PEKING.
CAAC NOTAM 19 AND AMBER ONE.
1.
VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED FOLLOWING STATEMENT
01 22 OCTOBER:
BEGINS
''ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1979, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FOREIGN MINISTRY
OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM ISSUED A STATEMENT
COMPLETELY REJECTING THE JULY 23, 1979 COMMUNIQUE OF THE CHINESE GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION WHICH STIPULATED 'FOUR DANGER AREAS ON THE INTERNATIONAL WATER'S AND ON THE TERRITORIAL
SEA OF VIET NAM'S HOANGSA ARCHIPELAGO.
''THE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTRY ONCE AGAIN AFFIRMS VIET NAM’S SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE HOANGSA ARCHIPELAGO, AND ENERGETICALLY CONDEMNS THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES FOR SERIOUSLY VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL LAW ON FREE AVIATION, OVER THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS AND HAMPERING THE AIR TRANSPORTS BY THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED. THE UNILATERAL STIPULATION OF 'FOUR DANGER AREAS?
BY CHINA AS MENTIONED IN THE COMMUNIQUE OF THE CHINESE GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION IS ILLEGAL AND INVALID TO THE
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM.
/"THE CHINESE