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CONFIDENTIAL HER 184/2
22 OCT 1979
FM FCO 131742Z OCT 79
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TEL NO 625 OF 18 OCTOBER 1979
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INDU
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 914: CAAC USE OF GATWICK/HEATHROW
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DOT MINISTERS HAVE AGREED THAT SIGNATURE SHOULD TAKE PLACE AFTER
THE SECOND SESSION OF TALKS EVEN IF HUA DOES NOT YIELD ON THE
GATWICK ISSUE AFTER OUR ARGUMENTS HAVE BEEN PUT TO HIM BY THE PRIME
MINISTER AT THE FIRST SESSION. YOU SHOULD NOT OF COURSE LET THE ·
CHINESE KNOW THIS: AMONG OTHER REASONS THE ISSUES HAVE NOT YET BEEN
PUT TO THE PRIME MINISTER HERSELF ANDWE SHOULD PREFER IN ANY CASE
NOT TO REVEAL OUR HAND IN ADVANCE. YOU SHOULD HOWEVER SAY THAT THE SIGNATURE WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF THE AIRPORT QUESTION PRESENTS
CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTIES, BUT WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH REPRODUCTION OF THE AGREEMENT, AS THE CHINESE HAVE DONE, AS THOUGH SIGNATURE CAN STILL TAKE PLACE.
CARRINGTON
FILES.
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PS/MR BLAKER
FED
PS PUS
NOTD.
SIRA, DUFF
HKGD, MISS BROWN.
PS
MR CORTAZZI.
PS/LPS MR. MURRA
MURRAY.
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