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TELEGRAM NUMBER 716 OF 27 NOVEMBER 1979
INFO HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE),
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YOUR TELNO 999 : AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
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PLEASE SEE DOT TELNO ALLOT 59 WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE CROSSED
WITH YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. FOR THE RECORD WE UNDERSTAND
THAT CPA'S APPLICATION TO SERVE SHANGHAI WAS GAZETTED IN HONG
KONG ON 23 NOVEMBER. BUT THE FACT THAT CPA HAVE LODGED AN
APPLICATION DOES NOT OF COURSE MEAN THAT THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY
DE LICENSED ON THE ROUTE THE DUE LEGAL LICENSING PROCESSES HAVE
YET TO BE GONE THROUGH BEFORE A DECISION IS TAKEN.
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WE UNDERSTAND FROM BRITISH AIRWAYS THAT THEY TELEXED CAAC SOME TWO VEEKS ACO, PROPOSING DETAILED DISCUSSIONS, BUT THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE SO FAR FAILED TO RESPOND. BA'S REPRESENTATIVE IN HONG KONG CHASED CAAC BY TELEPHONE LAST WEEK, BUT HE TOO APPARENTLY HAS HEARD
NOTHING FURTHER.
3. GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF YOU COULD DO WHAT YOU CAN TO ELICIT A
REFLY FROM CAAC. BA ARE ANXIOUS TO MEET THEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND HAVE SAID THAT IF THE CHINESE ARE RELUCTANT TO COME TO LONDON,
THEY WOULD DE HAPPY TO MEET THEM IN CEKING.
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