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FM HONG KONG 220818Z MAY 79
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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.626 OF 23 MAY,
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING.
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PEKING TELNO.470 : V.K/CHINA AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS.
1. FURTHER TO PARA.4 OF OUR TELNO.617, WE HAVE NOW CONSULTED CPA ON PARA.11 OF TEL UNDER REF. THEY ENVISAGE THAT, IF SERVICES TO POINTS IN CHINA WERE OPERATIVE AT PRESENT, THE TOTAL REVENUE WHICH CAN BE DERIVED FROM TRAFFIC BETWEEN HONG KONG AND POINTS IN
CHINA IS IN THE REGION OF U.S DOLLARS 21.5 MILLION PER ANNUM, WITH THE HONG KONG/BEIJING (PEKING) AND HONG KONG/SHANGHAI ROUTES ACCOUNTING FOR U.S DOLLARS 13 MILLION AND U.S DOLLARS 5 MILLION PER ANNUM RESPECTIVELY. THE BALANCE WOULD BE FROM
OTHER ROUTES.
2. CPA RATE THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN CHINA IN DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY IN TERMS OF EARNING POTENTIAL:
(1) BEIJING (2) SHANGHAI (3)
(4)
GUILIN (KWEILIN) (5) NANJING
(7) XIAN (SIAN)
HANGZHOU
(6) KUNMING
(8) NANNING
(9)
CHANGSHA
BUT EMPHASISE THAT, APART FROM THE FIRST TWO POINTS, RANKING ORDER IS LITTLE MORE THAN A GUESS.
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