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FM PEKING 3198457 DEC 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1939 OF 31 DECEMBER
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (FOR ACTING GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), DOT (FOR BRYANT (AIR DIVISION)
AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.
LAST PAPER
1. MR YAO GANG, A DIRECTOR OF SWIRES, CALLED TODAY TO BRIEF ME ON HIS INFORMAL TALKS WITH THE DIRECTOR GENERAL AND A DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF CAAC ON AIR SERVICES.
2. YAO TOLD US THAT ONCE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD DESIGNATED CPA AS THE REGIONAL AIRLINE FOR THE HONG KONG-SHANGHA! ROUTE (WE HAVE NO REPORT OF THISLN HE ARRANGED A PRIVATE VISIT TO PEKING IN ORDER TO MAKE A COURTESY CALL ON CAAC. HE SAW SHEN TU, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CAAC AND A FELLOW STUDENT AT PEKING UNIVERSITY IN THE LATE 1940S, ON 3 DECEMBER. ACCORDING TO YAQ, CAAC MERE STILL DISTURBED AT THE CHOICE OF GATWICK AS THEIR LONDON TERMINAL AND WORRIED THAT THE PROPOSED NEW METROPOLITAN ROUTES WOULD CREATE OVER-CAPACITY BETWEEN CHINA AND WESTERN EUROPE. THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED TO IMPLEMENT THE REGIONAL SIDE OF THE
AGREEMENT. THEY INTENDED TO INVITE A BRITISH AIRWAYS TEAM TO PEKING TO DISCUSS DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE? BUT HAD NOT SPECIFIED A DATE.
AT THIS MEETING CAAC WOULD PROPOSE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTING REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD COVER:
(A) CPA SERVICE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI TO WHICH THE CHINESE WOULD NOW HAVE NO OBJECTIONS:
(B) CAAC SERVIES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI, HONG KONG AND
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PEKING, AND HONG KONG AND FOUR OTHER CHINESE CITIES:
(C) A BRITISH AIRWAYS SEXOICE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND PEKING OPEN TO THE GONERAL PUBLIC AND IN THE SAME RATIO TO CAAC HONG KONG- PEKING SERVICES AS THAT ORIGINALLY AGREED FOR THE PEKING-LONDON
SERVICES.
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