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FM HONG KONG 290435Z OCT 79
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1463 OF 20 OCTOBER
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP ICAO MONTREAL, WASHINGTON, PARIS, BONN, ROME, BANGKOK.
INFO SAVING HANO1.
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YOUR TELNO 633 TO PEKING: CAAC NOTAM 19 AND AMBER ONE.
1. ACTING DCA HAS JUST RETURNED FROM HIS BRIEF VISIT TO
GUANGZHOU MADE AT THE INVITATION OF CAAC. DURING THE COURSE OF THE VISIT THE DIRECTOR OF CAAC GUANGZHOU, MAN LAI, STATED THAT QUOTE CLOSURE OF THE AIR ROUTE NEAR HAINAN WAS FOR AIR SAFETY
REASONS UNQUOTE. MAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE ROUTE WAS NOT (REPEAT NOT) SET UP WITH THE AGREEMENT OF CHINA AND IT HAD BEEN
SET UP OVER AREAS WHICH WERE LONG STANDING TRAINING AREAS. THESE
HAD NOW BEEN DECLARED DANGER AREAS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SAFETY
OF FLIGHT FOR INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT AS QUOTE MANY DANGEROUS
→ THINGS HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY IN THESE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL AIR ROUTE UNQUOTE.
2. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF RE-ALIGNMENT AND ACTING DCA AVOIDED SPECIFIC COMMENT ON THE MATTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ICAO ACTION
IN HAND.
3. AMBER ONE WAS ALSO REFERRED TO YESTERDAY BY TAN OF THE NCNA TO ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER, WHO HAD EARLIER ASKED INFORMALLY
FOR BACKGROUND TO NOTAM 19. TAN MADE SIMILAR POINTS ABOUT SAFETY
AS IN PARA 1 ABOVE, ADDING THAT ON TWO OCCASIONS SINCE THE
OPENING OF AMBER ONE AIRCRAFT HAD GONE INTO AIRSPACE OVER
HAINAN ISLAND, HOWEVER HE ALSO REFERRED TO EARLIER SUGGESTIONS BY
CAAC THAT THE AIRWAY SHOULD BE REALIGNED TO PASS OVER THE
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