CPS 10
CONFI NTIAL
FM HONG KONG 148913Z JUN
CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 147938Z
TO IMMEDIATE F.C.0.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 792 OF 14 JUNE, 1979.
FOR MACLAREN FROM JEAFFRESON.
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR.
173A
MIPT: UK/PRC AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS.
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15 JUN 1979
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1. OUR CONCLUSIONS HINGE ON THE ARGUMENT IN PARA 2 OF TUR.
OUR VIEW THAT THE BALANCE OF ADVANTAGE STILL LIES IN SEPARATING
THE REGIONAL FROM THE TRUNK ROUTES HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BOTH IN REPORTS BY KEEP (DCA) FROM PEKING AND BY MILES (GENERAL MANAGER,
CPA) WHO HAS NOW RETURNED TO HONG KONG,
2. MILES REPORTS LI SHU FAN (SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CAAC)
AS SAYING TO HIM THAT WHILE CHINA WANTED AGREEMENT ON THE TRUNK
ROUTE, IS ALSO HAD TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF BRITISH AND
CHINESE RESIDENTS IN HONG KONG. THE LATTER COULD BEST BE
ACHIEVED BY LEAVING HONG KONG ON ONE SIDE FOR FURTHER TALKS
IN LONDON, HE HINTED THAT THE CHINESE DID NO (R) NOT WANT
AN UNSATISFACTORY REGIONAL SETTLEMENT AND HE STRESSED THE
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD PELATIONS BETWEEN CHINAS REGIONAL AUTHORITIES
AND HONG KONG, LI INDICATED THAT HE MIGHT BE VISITING HONG KONG
SCON.
3. THESE HINTS ARE DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET. BUT AS REPORTED
IN PARA 2 OF TUR, MILES HAD THE FIRM IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE
MOTIVATED BY THE LACK OF PREPARATION ON THE CHINESE SIDE FOR
A REGIONAL SETTLEMENT.
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