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5.
ROGERS SAID THAT HE WAS STILL AWAITING ADVICE FROM LONDON
AS TO WHETHER AS A MATTER OF POLICY ANY IMBALANCE BETWEEN A
BRITISH OPERATOR CR OPERATORS AND CAAC ON THE REGIONAL ROUTES
WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. BUT EVEN IF THERE WERE NO POLICY
OBJECTIONS, HE DID NOT THINK THERE WAS MIY POSSIBILITY THAT
WE COULD ACCEPT SO UNBALANCED A DEAL AS LU WAS NOW OFFERING.
IN HIS VIEW THE ABILITY FOR A BRITISH OPERATOR TO RECIPROCATE
CAAC'S SERVICES BETWEEN PEKING AND HONG KONG WOULD BE AN
ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF ANY ARRANGEMENT WE MIGHT ENTER INTO ON
THE REGIONAL ROUTES. IF THE CHINESE WERE NOT WILLING TO ALLOW
A BRITISH CARRIER TO OPERATE ON THIS SECTOR HE DID NOT
SEE HOW WE COULD ALLOW CAAC TO DO SO.
6.
IT EMERGED FROM FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT
A. THE REQUEST FOR RIGHTS BEYOND HONG KONG TO POINTS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA (PARA 7A OF TUR) HAD BEEN MADE FOR
DZRESENTATIONAL REASONS, PRESUMABLY WITHIN THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT. THE CHINESE DID NOT EXPECT TO GET CORRESPONDING
RIGHTS FORM THE OTHER COUNTRIES CONCERNED, AND
B. THE CHINESE CLAIM TRAFFIC POTENTIAL BETWEEN HONG KONG
AND POINTS OTHER THAN PEKING AND CHANGHAI IS MUCH GREATER
THAN CPA'S ROUGH ASSESSMENT WOULD INDICATE.
7. AS REGARDS THE TRUNK ROUTE LU SAID HIS DELEGATION VERE NOW
PREPARED TO ACCEPT OUR PROPOSED LIST OF INTERMEDIATE POINTS
(OTHER THAN HONG KONG) AS IT STOOD. HE GAVE ROGERS A REVISED
CHINESE LIST WHICH PRESENTS US WITH NO DIFFICULTIES. HE
SAID THAT CAAC WERE THINKING OF OPERATIONS BY BOTH SIDES STARTING
QUOTE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR UNQUOTE,
USING B707 OR VC13 EQUIPMENT ON THE BASIS OF ONE OR AT THE
POST TWO SERVICES PER WEEK BY EACH AIRLINE. ROGERS REPLIED
THAT BA'S ONLY VC10S ON THE HONG KONG ROUTE TOOK A LENGTHY ROUTEİNG OVER AFRICA WHICH WOULD BE QUITE UNSUITABLE FOR
SERVICES TO PEKING AND IT WOULD NOW BE IMPRACTICABLE FOR BRITISH
AIRWAYS TO REINTRODUCE B787S INTO THEIR PATTERN OF SERVICES
INTO HONG KONG FROM WHICH THEY HAD NOW BEEN ENTIRELY WITHDRAWN.
LU SHOWED A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND ECONOMICS, AND UNDERTOOK TO CONSIDER THE FREQUENCY, USE OF BIDE-BODIED EQUIPMENT AND STARTING DATE FURTHER.
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