HK
HO/FO 008/25
Mo
PP HONG AID
GRS 100
RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG 250620Z JANUARY 80
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[May (HK+go] ~128.1 21101
CUIT
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 88 OF 25 JANUARY
FOR KEEP FROM TAYLOR
SCMP OF 23 JANUARY QUOTING REUTER LONDON REPORT THAT BCAL
''IS SEEKING TO EXTEND ITS PLANNED LONDON-HONG KONG SERVICE TO TAIBEI, THE COMPANY SAID TODAY'' (22 JANUARY) AND THE
BCAL SPOKESMAN SIAD ''A SERVICE TO TAIWAN WOULD BOOST TRADE
AND TOURISM''
2. PERHAPS YOU HAVE ALREADY PICKED THIS UP. IT SEEEMS TO US THAT
THIS EXTENSION (IF THE REPORT IS TRUE) MITIGATES AGAINST BCAL'S CASE FOR HK/LONDON ROUTE LICENCE AS THEIR FLIGHTS WOULD NOT THEN BE DEDICATED TO HK/LONDON VV TRAFFIC AND ALL THAT IMPLIES. THIS COULD BE USED APPROPRIATELY IN OUR SUBMISSION, IF DEEMED FIT.
MACLEHOSE
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