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PUBLIC STATEMENT
In Confidence
1.
"The People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have handled
the matter of regular air traffic between the two countries
in accordance with the principles laid down in the 1972
Agreement between them on raising the level of their
diplomatic relations to
relations to that of Ambassadors.
The
Air Services Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an Agreement between the two states, while the airlink between Hong Kong and Taiwan is operated under non-governmental arrangements.
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