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TELEGRAM NUMBER 314 OF 17 NOVEMBER
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INFO BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR MANILA PEKING SINGAPORE
VIETNAM: HO CHI MINH FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION
YOUR TELNO 212
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1. THE THAI AND MALAYSIAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE VIETNAMESE PROPOSALS
HAS BEEN TO DELAY THEIR RESPONSES BY ASKING THE MFA TO PROVIDE A
COPY OF THE MAP PRODUCED AT THE ORIGINAL BRIEFINGS THEY ATTENDED IN
AUGUST. BOTH AGREE THAT IT IS UNWISE TO BECOME EMBROILED AT THIS
STAGE IN HANOI, AND THAT THE REGIONAL AIR NAVIGATION (RAN) MEETING IN SINGAPORE IN JANUARY 1983 IS THE APPROPRIATE VENUE FOR DISCUSS- IONS. PREDICTABLY, THE THAIS TAKE A HARD LINE AND ARE VERY SCEPTICAL ABOUT VIETNAMESE ABILITY TO ADMINISTER THEIR OWN FIR. THE MALAYSIAN
AMBASSADOR HAS TOLD ME THAT THERE IS TO BE AN ASEAN MEETING SOON: AN ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO ACHIEVE A CONSENSUS AND A COMMON LINE TO TAKE AT THE RAN CONFERENCE. THERE IS SOME ASEAN CONCERN AT THE
IMPLICATIONS OF SOME OF THEIR AIRLINES OVERFLYING CAMBODIA ON ROUTE GREEN 67, THE PAYMENT OF DUES TO THE PHNOM PENH GOVERNMENT AND WHETHER IT IS WISE TO AGREE TO THE VIETNAMESE OFFER TO NEGOTIATE
WITH PHNOM PENH ON INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES' BEHALF.
2.1 HAVE SENT A NOTE TO THE MFA INFORMING THEM THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DISCUSS THE MATTER IN SINGAPORE IN JANUARY. IN VIEW OF HONG KONG TELNO 1263, THE NOTE AVOIDS ANY IMPLICATION THAT HONG KONG IS PREPARED TO BECOME INVOLVED IN BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS.
3. HOWEVER, THE VIETNAMESE HAVE NOW STEPPED UP THEIR CAMPAGAIN. ON 16 NOVEMBER, AND THE MALAYSIAN AND PHILIPPINES AMBASSADORS, AND THE THAI CHARGE, WERE SUMMONED TO A MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HA VAN LAU. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT WERE ALSO PRESENT. (THE VIETNAMESE ARE INFORMING SINGAPORE THROUGH
THE IR EMBASSY IN KUALA LUMPUR).
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4. PRODUCING A MAP FOR US TO RETAIN, AND A FURTHER AIDE MEMOIRE, HA VAN LAU EXPLAINED THAT VIETNAM ALSO PROPOSES TO REOPEN THE
FOLLOWING ATS ROUTES PREVIOUSLY UNDER VIETNAMESE CONTROL IN ITS
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
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1) ATS ROUTE A69: SINGAPORE CACOM HO CHI MINH CITY QUINHON
IGNIS - HONG KONG AND VICE VERSA
11) ATS ROUTE C66: KUALA LUMPUR SINSA HO CHI MINH CITY
QUINHON - IGNIS HONG KONG AND VICE VERSA. #
THE VIETNAMESE HAVE ASKED THAT HMG SHOULD ''INSTRUCT THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION OF HONG KONG TO CONTACT THE GENERAL CIVIL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OF VIETNAM, AND THE ICAO REGIONAL OFFICE, AS SOON AS
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