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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDEŃ MAL
DESKEY 130100Z
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
FII FCO 121849Z NOV 79
TELEGRAM NUMBER 939 OF 12 NOVEMBER
AID TO ABUDHABI.
13
1595-?
HICK 184/5
Sto
13 NOV 1979
INDE
80
See/18
YOUR TELS NOS 1959 AND 1597: AIR SERVICES ON THE HONG KONG/ LONDON ROUTE.
1. WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ARRANGEMENT IN TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. THE SITUATION IS AS SET OUT IN OUR TELNO 849. SUCH ARRANGEMENTS
NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS AND AS YET THERE HAS BEEN NO CONTACT BETWEEN OURSELVES AND UAE AUTHORITIES. WE WOULD EXPECT TO DEAL WITH THESE AUTHORITIES CENTRALLY.
2. THERE IS EVIDENTLY DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CONSTITUENT MEMBERS OF UAE SINCE THE ATTITUDE OF SOME OF THEM TOWARDS EXTENSION OF TRAFFIC RIGHTS BETWEEN GULF AND UK AND GULF AND HONG KONG IS RESTRICTIVE. MOREOVER THE OTHER GULF STATES, ALL OF WHOM ARE SHAREHOLDERS IN GULF AIR, SHARE THIS RESTRICTIVE ATTIDUED. WE WOULD EXPECT SUCH DISAGREEMENTS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE WE COULD CONCLUDE ANY ARRANGEMENTS WITH UAE.
3. YOU MAY IF YOU WISH DRAW THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ATLA,
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HONG RONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
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MISS BROWN
MR MURRAY
LORD BRIDGES
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