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FIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP ICAO MONTREAL 191650Z OCT 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 17 OF 18 OCTOBER
4KK 184/1
RECEIVED IN
DESK
INCLY
2 2 OCT 1979
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING, BANGKOK, HONG KONG, HANON
CAAC NOTAM AND AMBER ONE
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MIPT: PRESIDENT ICAO HAS SHOWN ME IN CONFIDENCE HIS INSTRUCTIONS
TO ICAO REP BANGKOK REGARDING THE PLANNING OF ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.
ICAO REP IS TO TRY TO COORDINATE ACTION IF POSSIBLE WITHOUT CALL ING
A MEETING OF STATES. IF A MEETING OF STATES WERE CALLED IT WOULD BE
NECESSARY TO INVITE ALL QUOTE PROVIDER UNQUOTE STATES WHICH WOULD
INCLUDE VIETNAM, WITH POSSIBILITY OF UNPRODUCTIVE POLITICAL CONFRONT-
ATION IF CHINA WERE PRESENT. CHINA IS NOT A QUOTE PROVIDER UNQUOTE
STATE, BUT AS THE ORIGINATOR OF THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE LEFT OUT
WITHOUT HARDENING THEIR ATTITUDE.
2. PRESIDENT HAS THEREFORE ASKED THAT HONG KONG COOPERATE WITH ICAO
REP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS IN THIS WAY, AND HAS AUTHORISED ICAO
REP TO VISIT HONG KONG FOR THIS PURPOSE IF NECESSARY. IF A MEETING
OF STATES IS UNAVOIDABLE ICAO REP IS INSTRUCTED TO REFER BACK TO
PRESIDENT.
3. PRESIDENT SHARES MY VIEW THAT NO COUNCIL MEMBER IS LIKELY TO PRESS
FOR AN EARLY DISCUSSION. IF SOMEONE DOES HE WILL SUGGEST DISCUSSION
BE DEFERRED PENDING RESULTS OF HIS FURTHER EFFORTS, AND IF PRESSED, HE WILL SUGGEST DISCUSSION TAKE PLACE NEXT SESSION (JANUARY 1980)
WHEN THE TOPIC OF UNILATERAL IMPLEMANTATION OF DANGER AREAS IS
ALREADY SCHEDULED (FOLLOWING RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN NORTH ATLANTIC EARLIER THIS YEAR AND LAST).
GREEN
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