236A
PEKING TL 127
GR 320
RESTRICTED KEELETTER FROM
181/548/1
FOLLOWING FOR
Hkki84/2
RIVED IN GISTRY NO
2 1 AUG 1979
OFFICER
K SULLIVAN, PEKING
9 AUGUST 1979
GH BOYCE ESQ. MAED FCO
R C FURSLAND ESQ, FED, FCO-
+RA 184/301
RECEIVED SI PRODINY NO. 69
10 AUG 1979
R K GARDINER ESQ, ASST LEGAL ADVISER, FCO
P G F BRYANT ESQ, CAIR DIVISION, DOT
UK/PRC AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
1. AT A MEETING WITH QIAN ZEMIN (REPORTED IN OUR TELNO 703) TO PRESS CAAC ON THE GATWICK ISSUE, WE ALSO DISCUSSED SOME OF THE OTHER POINTS REFERRED TO IN MY TELELETTER OF 1 AUGUST.
2. ON THE QUESTION OF TECHNICAL ARRANGEMENTS, QIAN LOOKED FORWARD TO RECEIVING A COPY OF OUR PROPOSED DRAFT COVERING ARTICLES 15 AND 16 AND ANNEX 11 OF THE 1979 AGREEMENT. CAAC HAD ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH THE EXISTING TEXT: THEY WISHED
TO SEE PARA 18 OF THE ANNEX DELETED, SINCE SOME OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THEIR FLEET WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH NOISE REGULATIONS
IN FORCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. I SAID I THOUGHT THIS WOULD PRESENT SOME DIFFICULTY, AS NOISE POLLUTION WAS A SENSITIVE ISSUE IN THE U.K. I ASKED QIAN TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH AIRCRAFT WERE UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH OUR REGULATIONS IN CASE ALTERNATIVE WORDING COULD BE FOUND.
3.
THE DOUBLE TAXATIONS AGREEMENT WOULD BE THE CONCERN OF THE FINANCE MINISTRY. SO FAR THEY HAD NOT COMMENTED ON THE ANGLO/JORDANI AN TEXT WE HAD HANDED OVER, NOR HAD THEY PROVIDED DETAILS OF THE TAXES TO WHICH BRITISH AIRLINES MIGHT BE LIABLE QIAN PROMISED TO HURRY THEM ALONG.
4. QIAN HOPED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM IN ADOPTING THE CHINESE TEXT ON VISA MATTERS: HE ASSURED ME THAT THIS WAS IDENTICAL TO ARRANGEMENTS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE BETWEEN MFA AND THE SWISS AND DUTCH EMBASSIES (I SHALL CHECK ON THIS).
5. THERE ARE APPARENTLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF ERRORS IN THE CHINESE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT AS INITIALLED WHICH WILL REQUIRE AMENDMENT BEFORE SIGNATURE. QIAN WILL LET US HAVE DETAILS IN DUE COURSE.
6. I AM COPYING THIS LETTER BY BAG TO IC ORR ESQ, APA, HONG KONG, AND N T LATHAM ESQ, DEPT OF CIVIL AVIATION, HONG
KONG.
7. MAED REGISTRY PASS COPIES TO FED AND ASSIST. LEGAL ADVISER FCO, AND CAIR DIVISION, DOT.
K SULLIVAN
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