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FM HONG KONG 310951Z MAY 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.694 OF 31 MAY,
INFO IMMEDIATE: PEKING,
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ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
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OUR TELNO.642 : HONG KONG/GUANGZHOU SCHEDULED SERVICES,
1. AN ARTICLE HAS APPEARED THIS MORNING IN THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS (WEN WAI PAO) AS WELL AS SEVERAL LOCAL CHINESE NEWSPAPERS TO THE EFFECT THAT THE QUOTE REGULAR CHARTER SERVICES UNQUOTE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU WOULD BE SUSPENDED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JUNE, BECAUSE NO REPLY HAD BEEN RECEIVED UP TILL 30 MAY TO AN APPLICATION LODGED BY THE LOCAL OFFICE OF CAAC TO THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT OF HONG KONG ON 24 MAY TO EXTEND THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS. THE WEN WAI PAO QUOTED AN OFFICIAL OF THE GUANGZHOU CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY AS SAYING THAT THEY WOULD MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO RESUME THE SERVICE.
2.
THE LETTER INFORMING THE CNAC OF THE EXTENSION OF THE OPERATING PERMIT WAS ISSUED THIS MORNING BECAUSE YESTERDAY WAS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN HONG KONG. WE HAD DRAWN ATTENTION TO THIS
FACT IN CUR TELNO.642..
3. IN THE MEANTIME, THE FOLLOWING AFTN MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM CANTON YESTERDAY:
''WE RECEIVED THE WRITTEN REPLY OF EXTENSION OF GUANGZHOU HONG KONG AIR SERVICE UP TO THE END OF JUNE AT 1330 HRS
GMT TODAY RELAYED FROM PEKING.
AS THE REPLY WAS TOO LATE
/ WE FIND
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