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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 583 OF 8 OCTOBER
INFO HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE).
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YOUR TELNO 857: UK/PRC AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
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1. PARA 3 OF TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. IT IS DISTURBING AT THIS LATE STAGE TO LEARN OF THE CHINESE PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING ARRANGMENETS, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAVE HAD THE MATTER IN HAND SINCE EARLY SEPTEMBER (PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 515 REFERS) AND WHEN BLOCKS OF THE CHINESE TEXT HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED BY THE UK PRINTER. BUT, WE ARE READY TO MEET CHINESE WISHES AND ARE THEREFORE SENDING PAPER BY TOMORROW'S (9 OCTOBER) BAG. WE SHALL BE GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE CHINESE PAPER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE: WE HAVE STOCKS LEFT OVER FROM THE 1978 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL AGREEMENT EXERCISE, BUT THESE ARE LIMITED.
2, WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING DETAILS OF THE CHINESE AMENDMENTS
(PARA 2 OF TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE). ALTHOUGH WE NOTE YOUR COMMENT THAT NONE OF THESE IS OF SUBSTANCE, IT MIGHT BE POLITIC TO SUGGEST TO THE CHINESE THAT THEY SHOULD HOLD OFF PRINTING A FINAL TEXT UNTIL WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHECK AND CLEAR THE CHANGES HERE.
3. PARA 4 OF TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, WE CONFIRM THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE ACCEPTABLE.
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