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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 204 OF 16 MARCH
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
22 MPT AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
1. PROPOSED STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS: BEGINS
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QUOTE 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 AMBASS-
ADORS. THE AVIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO STATES, WHILE THE AIR LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN IS OPERATED UNDER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS.
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR BUTLER
MR MURRAY MR BROWN
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