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DELEGATION TO RAN CONFERENCE) AND LATHAM (HKG) REPLIED THAT ALL
PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENT TO THE REGIONAL PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE
CONSIDERED ON THEIR TECHNICAL MERITS AND DISCUSSED IN THE RAN
CONFERENCE MULTILATERALLY WITH ALL INTERESTED ICAO PARTIES. THE
MATTER RAISED BY LU COULD NOT BE DEALT WITH ON A BILATERAL
BASIS. ALTHOUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AIRSPACE IN QUESTION
BY HONG KONG GAVE RISE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THE UK WOULD
NOT ITSELF HAVE ANY PROPOSALS FOR CHANGES TO THE STATUS QUO:
AND WOULD IF NECESSARY BE PREPARED TO CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR AIRSPACE IN THE FORMER SAIGON FIR IF THERE WAS A CONSENSUS
WITHIN THE CONFERENCE THAT IT SHOULD DO SO. WE WOULD HOWEVER BE
READY TO CONSIDER ANY PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD BY OTHER COUNTRIES
ON THEIR TECHNICAL MERITS AND WOULD EXAMINE THE CHINESE PROPOSALS
ALONG WITH ANY OTHERS WHICH MIGHT ARISE.
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LU WISHES TO CALL ON DCA HONG KONG FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
OF THE CHINESE PROPOSALS ON 14 DECEMBER AT 1000. HE WILL ARRIVE
HONG KONG AT 0900 ON MONDAY 13 DECEMBER (CX200) ACCOMPANIED BY
LU GUANGHUA AND MA LIANG DAI. TWO EXPERTS WILL JOIN THE PARTY IN
HONG KONG FROM PEKING.
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GROVES WILL ATTEND THE LAST TEN DAYS OF THE RAN
CONFERENCE: HE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THROUGHOUT BUT PEACOCK (CAA)
WILL ACT AS LEADER OF THE UK DELEGATION IN FIRST TWO WEEKS AND
HC SINGAPORE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH FULL BRIEFING ON POLITICAL
ASPECTS OF THE MATTER AND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THEY WOULD
BE AVAILABLE TO ADVISE ON THESE ASPECTS THROUGHOUT.
PYM
LIMITED
MAED
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HK AND GD
FED
MR ADAMS
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