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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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FOLLOWING FROM DELEGATION:
PARA 5 OF TELNO 582 OF 22 JUNE: USE OF "UNMING ROUTE TO HONG KONG,
1. FORMAL APPROVAL FOR THE USE OF THE KUNMING ROUTE TO HONG KONG AND OF BAIYUN (CANTON) AIRPORT AS AN ALTERNATE TO HONG KONG WAS GIVEN BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON 11 JULY TOGETHER WITH APPROVAL FOR USE OF THIS ROUTE AND ALTERNATE
AIRPORT BY THE CHARTER AIRLINE TRANS MERIDIAN AIRWAYS. THIS
APPROVAL WAS CONVEYED TO DOT IN OUR ALLOT 29 OF 12 JULY. COPIES
OF NOTES ON THE USE OF THE KUNMING ROUTE, INCLUDING ''DEMANDS ON AIRLINES' WERE DESPATCHED BY UNCLASSIFIED BAG TO CAIR4/DOT
CN 13 JULY AND SHOULD HAVE REACHED DOT BY NOW. WE ASSUME
COPIES WILL HAVE BEEN PASSED ON TO BA AND TML. WE REGRET
THAT DUE TO THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF THE OFFICER NORMALLY DEALING
WITH THIS THE URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE WAS NOT APPRECIATED AND THE NEWS WAS NOT DRAWN TO THE ATTENTION OF THE AIR SERVICES TEAM
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