Registry No.
ECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret,
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
RIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT
Type 1 +
From
To:-
UK PROPOSAL OF 19 MARCH
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
DSR 11
Draft Public Statement
1.
M
"China and the United Kingdom 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 that of Ambassadors. The Aviation Agreement between China and the United Kingdom is an Agreement between the two states, while the airlink between Hong Kong and Taiwan is operated under non-governmental arrangements.
THIS IS A COPY THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN
CLOSED UNTIL
UNDER FOI
EXEMPTION NO .27..