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FM FCO 031745Z MAY 79
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 243 OF 3 MAY 79
INFO HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) MIPT: UK/PRC AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
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1. FOLLOWING IS LINE YOU SHOULD TAKE IN HANDING OVER REVISED TEXT:-
THE UNITED KINGDOM AUTHORITIES HAVE REVIEWED THE TEXT OF THE AGREE- MENT WHICH WAS NEGOTIATED AND INITIALLED IN 1973, IN THE LIGHT OF SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS. THEY HAVE NOW PREPARED A REVISED TEXT WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES SINCE THEN, NOTABLY IN RESPECT OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL · AVIATION ORGANISATION (ICAO) AND IN RESPECT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS OF RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. IN PARTICULAR, THEY WISH TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH AIR SERVICES CAN BE ESTABLISHED NOT ONLY ON THE TRUNK ROUTE LINKING LONDON WITH PEKING BUT ALSO ON ROUTES LINKING HONG KONG WITH POINTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC WHICH BOTH SIDES NOW SEE TO BE DESIRABLE. A REVISED DRAFT IS ATTACHED WHICH SEEKS TO ACCOMMODATE THE POINTS OF VIEW OF BOTH SIDES. THE UK DELEGATION WILL LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING WITH THEIR CHINESE COLLEAGUES THE WAY IN WHICH THESE OBJECTIVES CAN BEST BE ACHIEVED AND ANY CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT TEXT.
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