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F C O 221733Z MAY 79
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 300 OF 22 MAY.
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RALEIVEO I MAGISTRY NO. 51
2 4 MAY 1979
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AND TO HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR).
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M.1.P.T.: UK/CHINA AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS.
LANDING RIGHTS (CHINA)
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7. MR. HAL MILLER ASKED THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE WHAT
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA FOR RECIPROCAL LANDING RIGHTS IN CHINA BOTH FOR
SCHEDULED AND CHARTER FLIGHTS.
THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRÅDE (MR. NORMAN TEBBIT): A
UNITED KINGDOM TEAM IS PRESENTLY IN PEKING FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEGOTIATIONS WHICH I HOPE WILL LEAD TO THE CONCLUSION OF AN AIR
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
MR MILLER: I ASSURE MY HON. FRIEND THAT I SHARE THE APPRECIATION
FELT IN ALL PARTS OF THE HOUSE OF HIS APPOINTMENT. WILL HE
ENSURE THAT IN ANY AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT DUE REGARD WILL BE PAID
TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LANDING RIGHTS IN CHINA FOR HONG
KONG AIR INTERESTS?
MR TEBBIT: I CERTAINLY GIVE THAT ASSURANCE. THERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS
GOING ON BETWEEN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE AUTHORITIES
CONCERNING HONG KONG. THE INTERESTS OF THE COLONY WILL BE
SAFEGUARDED.
MR. MCCRINDLE: WILL THE MINISTER CONFIRM THAT, APART FROM
ANY NEGOTIATIONS WITH REGARD TO A SCHEDULED SERVICE PRESUMABLY
BY DRITISH AIRWAYS CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF CHARTER SERVICES? IN PARTICULAR, WILL THE MINISTER CONFIRM
THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF A SERVICE BY SIR FREDDIE LAKER WOULD
PROBABLY BE MORE APPRECIATED BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC THAN BY
MEMBERS ON THE LABOUR PENCHES ?
/MR.
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