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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 615 OF 4 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.
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FOLLWOING FROM DELEGATION.
OUR TELNO.518:
1.
UK/PRC AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS.
A FURTHER TETE A TETE BETWEEN ROGERS AND LU TOOK PLACE
ON 4 JULY,
2.
LU TOOK THE LINE THAT THE POSITION ADOPTED BY SHEN TU AT
THE MEETING ON 27 JUNE (REPORTED IN MY TELNO.595) REFLBJTED THE
VIEWS NOT ONLY OF THE CAAC BUT ALSO OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS (SEMICOLON) AND THAT ON THE MAIN ISSUES WHICH HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AT THAT MEETING HE WAS QUOTE NOT AUTHORISED TO MAKE ANY
FRESH PROPOSALS UNQUOTE. ROGERS PROBED THIS POSITION BUT WAS UNABLE
TO PERSUADE HIM TO MAKE ANY MOVEMENT TOWARDS US. LU UNDERTOOK · TO
REFLECT OVERNIGHT AND TO CONSULT HIS COLLEAGUES: BUT IT LOOKS VERY UCH AS IF THE MARGINAL IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE SEEKING (EG
ON THE NUMBER OF FREQUENCIEVNTO BE OPERATED BY A HONG KONG BASED
CARRIER BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI AND THE DETAILS OF BA'S TRUNK ROUTE STOPOVER RIGHTS AT HONG KONG) CANNOT BE ACHIEVED.
3. LU RAISED WITH ROGERS THE POINT ABOUT THE DESIGNATION
OF A HONG KONG BASED AIRLINE BOTH ON THE LONDON-HONG KONG ROUTE
AND ON THE REGIONAL ROUTES FROM HONG KONG TO CHINA, WHICH QIAN HAD RAISED AT THE DRAFTING GROUP MEETING ON 28 JUNE (PARA 3 OF (495) OUR TELNO.599). HE SAID THE CHINESE COULD NOT REGARD A HONG
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KONG BASED CARRIER AS A QUOTE LOCAL UNQUOTE CARRIER IF THEY WERE
OPERATINCCSERVICES BETWEEN LONDON AND HONG KONG. IN THEIR V VIEW
THIS WOULD REPRESENT GIVING A SECOND AIRLINE RIGHTS TO OPERATE FROM LONDON VIA HONG KONG TO A POINT OR POINTS IN CHINA IN ADDITION 70 BA'S TRUNK ROUTE SERVICE. VMGERS OBJECTED ON GROUNDS BOTH OF
PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICALITIES: BUT LU WAS ENTIRELY UNMOVED BY HIS
ARGUMENTS.
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