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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 030108Z OCT 79
TO ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1370 OF 3 OCTOBER,
INFO PEKING, HONG KONG COVT OFFICE LONDON.
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1. YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF CNAC
CALLED ON ACTING D.C.A ON 28 SEPTEMBER TO TALK ABOUT AIR SERVICES
BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANTON AND TO INTRODUCE A NEW DEPUTY MANAGER,
2.
THE MEETING WAS LARGELY TAKEN UP WITH PLEASANTRIES BUT IT WAS
CLEAR THAT CNAC WERE BECOMING A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUATION
OF SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANTON WHEN THE PRESENT FERMIT
EXPIRES AT THE END OF OCTOBER. ACTING D.C.A ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE
MATTER WAS OF SOME IMPORTANCE NOT LEAST BECAUSE OF THE CANTON FAIR BUT HE POINTED CUT THAT THE RENEWAL OF THE PERMIT WAS A MATTER FOR THE U.K.
3.
NOW THAT THE ASA HAS BEEN INITIALLED WE ASSUME THAT YOU WILL SEE NO DIFFICULTY IN EXTENDING THE CAAC PERMIT. IF THIS IS SO, WE
WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN TELLING THEM SO FAIRLY SOON TO AVOID A LAST
MINUTE PANIC ON THEIR SIDE.
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Distribuction amended
FED
Miss Brown.
MR MORRAY.
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