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FM PEKING 220642Z OCT 79
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 93 OF 22 OCTOBER 79
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP ICAO MONTREAL, BANGKOK, HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), PARIS, BONN, ROME, WASHINGTON
INFO SAVING HANOI
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YOURETELNO 633: CAAC NOTAM 19/AMBER ONE AIRWAY
1. COLLEAGUES HERE ARE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. THEY ARE UNLIKELY
TO RECEIVE THEM IN RESPONSE TO ACTION IN CAPITALS REQUESTED
IN YOUR TUR UNTIL 23 OCTOBER AT THE EARLIEST, BY WHICH TIME THE RESTRICTIONS COVERED BY THE NOTAM WILL HAVE BECOME
OPERATIONAL.
2.
WE JUDGED THAT THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF A UNILATERAL APPROACH BRINGING IMMEDIATE RESULTS, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE SHORTNESS OF TIME AVAILABLE AND THE FIRMNESS OF SHEN TU'S REPL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ICAO (UKREP TELNO 16, NOT TO ALL). IF WE HAD MADE SUCH AN APPROACH PURELY FOR THE RECORD, WE WOULD HAVE RUN THE RISKS MENTIONED IN YOUR TELNO 712 TO HONG KONG (NOT TO ALL) AND ANNOYED THE CHINESE (THE SUBJECT WAS RAISED AGAIN BY THE VIETNAMESE IN THE LATEST ROUND OF SINO/VIETNAM PEACE TALKS CN 19 OCTOBER) TO NO AVAIL. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT ACTION WITH THE CHINESE SHOULD BE TAKEN ONLY WHEN OTHER POSTS HERE ARE IN RECEIPT OF INSTRUCTIONS (WHICH THE GERMANS AND AMERICANS AT LEAST HOPE WILL BE ALONG SIMILAR LINES TO
CUR OWN).
3. IN PREPARING OUR CO-ORDINATED APPROACH AND IN SPEAKING TO THE CHINESE IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY MORE CONTACT BETWEEN ICAO AND CAAC TAKING UP SHEN TU'S SUGGESTION THAT QUOTE A SOLUTION TAKING CARE OF THE INTERESTS
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