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ONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 1509700Z NOV 79
FM HONG KONG 150708Z NOV 79
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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1611 OF 15 NOVEMBER,
INFO IMMEDIATE: DUBAI,·
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1 6 NOV 1979
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ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
See to
YOUR TELNO.939 : AIR SERVICES ON HONG KONG/LONDON ROUTE.
1. FURTHER TO DUBAI TEL NO.208. TO YOU, LAKERS TABLED THIS
MORNING AT THE ATLA HEARING THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGE OF TELEX
MESSAGES DATED 13 AND 14 NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY.
''ATTENTION: MOHAMMED SAIF AL HAJRI, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF
CIVIL AVIATION ·
DEAR MR HAJRI "
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I AM NOW IN HONG KONG APPEARING BEFORE THE LICENSING AUTHORITY
FOR LONDON/HONG KONG TRAFFIC RIGHTS. YOU WILL BE PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THE CASE SEEMS TO BE GOING VERY WELL. CERTAIN INTERPRETATIONS
OF THE WORDING OF YOUR TELEX TO ME DATED 27TH SEPTEMBER 1979
GRANTING FULL TRAFFIC RIGHTS AT SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAVE
BEEN PUT TO ME. ACCORDINGLY I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO REQUEST YOUR
ASSISTANCE TO CONFIRM THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT WE HAVE REACHED
REGARDING THE SHARJAH RIGHTS. YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED, SO I CAN SHOW SAME TO
THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION AND THE LICENSING AUTHORITY IN
HONG KONG. THE QUESTIONS ARE:-
(1) CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THE GRANTING OF FULL TRAFFIC
RIGHTS TO LAKER AIRWAYS HAS BEEN CLEARED WITH THE OTHER STATES
OF THE U.A.E AND WILL TAKE EFFECT AS SOON AS LAKER AIRWAYS HAS
RECEIVED THE NECESSARY TRAFFIC RIGHTS FROM THE U.K AND HONG
KONG AUTHORITIES.
(2) WOULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THE REFERENCE TO QUOTE
RECIPROCATE TRAFFIC RIGHTS UNQUOTE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1
OF YOUR TELEX REFERS ONLY TO LAKER AIRWAYS GETTING THE
NECESSARY TRAFFIC RIGHTS IN THE U.K AND HONG KONG REFERRED
TO ABOVE.
I AM STAYING IN SUITE 536 AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL, HONG KONG AND
THE TELEX NUMBER IS 73821, ANSWERBACK 'PEN HX'.
KIND REGARDS FREDDIE LAKER.''
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