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12 OCT 1979
NO.
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Amon Takea
DESKRY 12090AZ
FN SINGAPORE 12323AZ OCT
TO IMMEDIATE DOT
TELNO ALLOT 4 OF 12 OCT 79.
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FOR BRYANT (CAIR 1) FROM ROBERTS,
HONG KONG TELEGRAMS TO FCO 1360 AND 1496, AND OUR TELECON YESTERDAY: AIR SERVICES ON E LONDON-HONG KONG ROUTE.
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WHILE I SHALL SEEK TO AVOID, AS A LAYMAN, ENTERING INTO DETAILED ARGUMENT CII LEGAL POINTS, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW:
A. WHETHER, AS I BELIEVE, THE ARGUMENT IN THE FIRST TUR MERELY REFLECTS THE OPINION WHICH WE SAW SOME WEEKS ACO, AND IS UILIKELY TO PERSUADE US TO ADVISE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CHAUGE HIS MIND AND ISSUE A DIRECTION BEFORE THE CAR HEARING B. WHETHER KERRY HAS UPHELD JOHNSON AGAINST SALMON ON THE ISSUE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATES POVER TO GIVE A DIRECTION AFTER THE CAA MEARING (SEE MINUTE SENT BY STEELS TO KERRY SOS TIME AROUND 17 SEPTEMBER) IF KERRY HAS NOT YET GIVEN A VIEW, PLEASE ASK HIM TO DO SO IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TODAY, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE THAT JOHNGON AND MISS MITE ARE RIGHT ON THIS POINT, WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REASSURE HONG KONG ON THE POWER TO GIVE A DIRECTION AFTER THE HEARING, AND NEED THEREFORE TO BE SATISFIED THAT THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT DOUBT FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW.
FLEAGE REPLY IN SUITABLY CRYPTIC TERMS TO BCARFE HONG KONG BY FIRST THING MONDAY PORNING.
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